Are you sure that your backup habits are correct?
We have all regretted the loss of valuable data, whether due to human factors, virus infection or malware, and even due to technical errors of our electronic devices. We cannot always prevent all of this from happen, but most of the time everything originates from the measures that we take and how we are doing the Backups.
How often is it advisable to make a backup? How do we decide what to include in the backup? What will happen if we do not know how to backup files in use?
Network backup copies have solved all these problems because they externalize vital functions such as storage capacity, copy speed and data protection. These mechanisms have greatly streamlined the work, especially in IT departments, but before letting online solutions do their work we should properly manage what we want to preserve.
Assess your actions before making Backups with these recommendations:
- Decide wisely what really matters to save: In the process of safeguarding our information, many times we proceed to save all the files again and overwrite them. But beware! In doing so, you can lose critical information. Do not copy redundant data, because you could exhaust the available storage capacity. The secret is to make backup copies of modified files only.
- Use compression techniques: Compression helps to reduce the size of the information, trying not to affect the files content. Therefore it is convenient to use compression techniques to reduce the volume of data, using a smaller amount of space. Thus, both processes of copy and storage are optimized.
- Be patient when you copy databases: Databases are quite complex files to make backups. Even, many times you need to perform periodic saves while working on them. Consider that this process may take several minutes or perhaps a little more time, depending on where we are saving the information.
- Setting up a schedule: Setting an exact schedule to perform backups is extremely important. This helps us organize the process to achieve better effectiveness. If we think about this we can better plan the time between one backup and the other. Many Backup software providers offer this type of planning.
Organizing and storing your data correctly will be vital if you want to preserve data integrity and availability. Work on that today so as not to regret losses tomorrow.
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