Mass Data Protection & Recovery

Recently, I’ve been asked about various methods of backup and why perform one versus another.  To make it a little more clear, I’d like to explain why a strategy of layered protection can be the most effective way to guarantee your ability to restore the data you need relatively quickly.

The first layer (and arguably the most important) is to make sure your data is sent off-site.  Keeping your data at least 50 miles away from your main location will protect you from failures that involve environmental factors such as severe weather, blackout / brownout, building failures (cooling, electrical, etc…) and even flooding and fire.

The second layer is to keep your data on a locally accessible device that will allow you to quickly recover from local hardware failures.  This protects you from server hardware failures such as drive crashes, fried motherboards and even slips of the finger.

Finally, the third layer is to include file versioning.  Considering that several kinds of malware can attach themselves to your files (executable and non-executable) and be subsequently backed-up, you want to be able to roll back your files to a point before the infection.

When you implement a recovery solution that includes all of these features, it is difficult to imagine a scenario where you can’t restore the data you need.

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