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Data Backup and Recovery: Everything Your Business Needs To Know But Probably Doesn't

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Data Backup and Recovery: Everything Your Business Needs To Know But Probably Doesn't

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Everything your business needs to know but probably doesn’t

DATA BACKUP AND RECOVERY


The reality

 The average company spends between


$100,000 and $1,000,000 per year on data
disasters
 Nearly 70% of data loss is the result of human
error
 60% of companies that lose their data will
shut down within 6 months of the loss
 140,000 hard drives crash in the U.S. weekly
Your responsibility

Adopt the mantra:


“It’s not a matter of if my hard drive fails, but
when.”
Data loss prevention
 Avoid heat and vibration
- Keep computers in a dry, clean area with little traffic
 Run Scandisk, defrag and anti-virus software
- Run Scandisk every 2 to 3 weeks
- Defrag! Data recovery success is more likely when damaged files
are clustered

- Update your anti-virus at least 4 times a year and enable auto


update features

 Use uninterrupted power supply (UPS)


 Back up, back up, back up
Data backup
 Complete backup
- Full backup of entire PC or hard drive
- Backs up all server and PC volumes, directories and files
 Partial backup
- Will either copy all files changed since last complete backup or files
changed since last backup
- Useful when it’s important to have the latest version of each file
 User-defined backup
- Copies a user-defined set of files
- Useful for groups working on a mission-critical project
Backup hardware
 CDs, DVDs and Blu-Ray disks
- Inexpensive, quick, months to years of storage
 Thumb drives
- Inexpensive, quick, larger storage capacity than CDs/DVDs,
months to years of storage
 Internal hard drive
- Easy transfer from one hard drive to another, many years of
storage
 External hard drive
- Easy transfer from internal to external hard drive, better connection
options, long-term storage
Backup hardware cont.
 Online storage
- complete external storage, access from any computer with
internet connection, very secure, long-term storage, expensive

 Network storage
- complete external storage, access from any computer with
internet connection, very secure, large-capacity and long-term
storage, expensive
After backup
 Complete a data restore
- Run a restore to return backed-up files to their original locations.
Do this on a regular basis to ensure the system is actually
working.
 Maintain offsite copies of your backups
- In the case that your office files are destroyed by fire, lightning
damage, flooding or theft, make sure you have multiple,
redundant versions of your files elsewhere.
 Keep virus protection and Firewall on and up-to-
date
- Without the right protection, viruses can be put back onto your
computer after backup and your files can be deleted through an
unprotected port.
Data recovery
 When the unthinkable (but completely
possible) happens, and your business is
suffering from a failed hard drive, it’s time to
prepare for a data recovery service.
 Mail only your hard drive and corrupted
media to a service professional
Shipping your hard drive
 Remove the hard drive from your computer
 Package your drive carefully
- Wrap in anti-static material or freezer bag
- Ship in original manufacturer’s packaging in a sturdy, corrugated
cardboard box twice the size of the drive
- Use heavy foam padding, bubble wrap and other anti-vibration
materials
- Avoid Styrofoam peanuts—they attract static electricity
- Make sure padding material is at least 2 inches thick around drive
 Send all other media types the same way
Shipping cont.
 For water-damaged hard drives
- DO NOT dry wet hard drives
- Enclose in a damp sponge in a sealed plastic bag
- Recovery is more likely if technicians receive the drive before it has
dried

 Sending controller boards


- Older models require controllers in order to recover data
- Remove the controller carefully and enclose it in an anti-static
material to ship with drive

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