2009年9月16日星期三

How to Back Up Your Data-the Options

Backing Up Your Business Data or Personal Files is an Essential Part of the Modern Day Workflow


Backing up your business data or personal files is an essential part of the modern day workflow. There are choices on how you can best store your information, from data back up services online to the traditional cd or DVD burning solution. Data back up systems can also be employed in the form of external hard drives.


External Hard drives.


When choosing this option, there is a need to avoid cheap external hard drives.


The best way to go with external hard drives is to do the necessary research and find out what are the top 10 external hard drives. It is advisable to go with a reputed name like Seagate or Western Digital for reliability. For your most valuable data, I would suggest burning DVD or copies as a stable data backup solution. The reason for this is DVD's are very reliable if taken care of. If you are not too worried about the sensitivity of your information, then you might consider a data backup company. There such services if one Googles "backup online".


USB Flash Drives


The chief limitation of using a USB flash drive is the amount of storage you get. Unless you are backing up small files such as Spreadsheets and Word files, the USB flash disk will not be too much use for backing up your movie collection. USB Flash Drives have grown in capacity over the years, now carrying up to 16GB (from the paltry 250 MB of yesteryear.) One might want to consider researching the best 64gb USB flash drives.


The major fall back on USB flash drives is loss of the device due to its size. This is however counter-balanced by its portability.


Recovery of data.


It is always a good idea to invest in backup disaster recovery software . This usually enables a personal recovery solution if you lose your data but your drives are not damaged. For a price you could get a very good backup and recovery system installed onto your computer. This facilitates the whole process of data back up.


Considering the fact that information files are getting larger and larger. From movies and bought online (iTunes for instance). To personal projects such as home videos. There is a need to consider how you would want to back up your data. All systems of backing up have their own hang ups (External hard drives may fail, DVD's and CD's may become scratched etc), therefore choice of what system to use will greatly depend on what value you put on your data.




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