| Imagine this - you arrive one morning to
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| | from last night, you have no way of
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| find that a faulty read-write head has
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| | retrieving the data.* Restoring files
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| crashed your server's hard disk
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| | that were deliberately deleted months or
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| overnight, rendering it useless. Or a
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| | even years ago, when you thought you
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| small electrical fire has destroyed part
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| | would never need them again, can often be
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| of your office, including your server.
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| | of great benefit.3. Off-site backupsIf
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| This server was used to store customer
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| | your office burns down, you don't want
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| lists, payroll details, accounting
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| | all your backups to burn with it, so it's
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| details, purchase orders, inventories and
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| | important to physically move some of your
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| other data vital to the running of your
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| | backups off-site. We recommend that any
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| business, built up after years of
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| | weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly
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| operation and growth.You find that you
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| | backups are stored off-site at a secure
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| were seriously ill-prepared to deal with
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| | location.4. On-site backupsWhile it is
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| such a disaster. Virtually all of your
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| | important to have some backups off-site,
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| business' data had resided in this one
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| | you don't want to have to travel back and
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| location. No copies were made. You are
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| | forth whenever you need to retrieve a
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| faced with the fact that many years'
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| | file. For this reason it's useful to have
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| worth of data has been lost
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| | recent daily backups available on-site to
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| forever.Insurance will replace materials,
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| | allow for quick recovery of files. These
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| equipment and office space, but will that
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| | backups are still important, and for
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| be enough to get your business up and
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| | reasons of security and reliability it is
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| running again? Your vital business data
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| | best to store them in a secure place such
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| can't be claimed on insurance, it can't
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| | as a fireproof safe, rather than next to
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| be replaced with money alone. Would your
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| | the server or on the System
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| business survive after significant data
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| | Administrators desk.5. MonitoringIf you
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| loss? Unless you have a good backup
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| | need to restore a file or a whole system,
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| system already in place, the statistics
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| | you want to be sure that all backups
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| are grim...* 43% of companies that
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| | completely successfully. It would be
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| experience a severe data loss disaster,
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| | disastrous to learn that your backups had
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| and that have no recovery plan in place,
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| | failed only when you attempt to perform a
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| never re-open.* 70% of companies that
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| | restoration. One way to ensure that each
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| suffer serious data loss go out of
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| | backup has been performed successfully is
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| business within 12 months.* It takes 19
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| | to check the backup logs each day. An
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| days and costs US$17,000 (AUD$22,000) to
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| | easier method is to acquire backup
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| manually retype 20 megabytes of sales
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| | software that notifies you daily of the
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| data. The same volume of accounting data
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| | backup status and can alert you to any
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| takes 21 days and costs US$19,000
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| | problems.6. Follow the planIf you are
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| (AUD$25,000).* Loss of data cost US
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| | using tapes, disks or removable hard
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| businesses in excess of 22 billion
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| | drives for backing up, you will need to
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| dollars in 2004.Just as the costs of fire
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| | remember to change these regularly
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| damage can't be covered by insurance
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| | depending on the backup scheme you are
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| bought after the event, the costs of data
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| | using. Neglecting to do this could cause
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| loss can't be avoided by acting after the
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| | the backup to fail or could result in an
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| loss has occurred. It is vitally
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| | important previous backup being
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| important that data is backed up before
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| | overwritten. It is also important that
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| encountering hard disk failure, viruses,
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| | you insert the right device, as having
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| malicious software, mistakes by employees
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| | the 4th-of-June backup data on the
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| or other causes of lost data.Listed below
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| | 1st-of-January tape would make the right
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| are the 7 steps that we consider
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| | data very difficult to find.7. Regular
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| essential for the protection of important
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| | file list updatingAs you install new
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| data.1. Central storage of data on the
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| | programs, add hard drives and create new
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| networkThe first step in setting up a
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| | files, it is important to know that all
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| backup system is deciding what needs to
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| | new data is also protected. Of course, if
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| be backed up. Ask yourself, what can I
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| | you are backing up the whole C: drive,
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| afford to lose? For example, the latest
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| | for example, any new files or programs on
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| Windows Service pack can be downloaded
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| | that drive will also be backed up
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| again, so there is little need to protect
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| | automatically. However, if you are only
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| it; your customer database cannot so
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| | backing up specific, important files, it
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| easily be replaced. Once you have
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| | is vital that you keep this list up to
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| identified the information you need to
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| | date, or you risk losing valuable
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| back up, you need to know where it is
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| | data.Keep in mind that the average
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| stored. Although it might seem
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| | failure rate of a hard disk is 100%, as
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| counter-intuitive at first, as much of
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| | every drive will fail eventually. Make
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| your critical data as possible should
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| | sure you stay in business by following
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| reside in one place on the network. It is
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| | the seven points listed above. How do you
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| far simpler and easier to backup, restore
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| | do that? Well, that's where a backup
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| and protect one machine than several. As
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| | software package can help. Data
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| a side benefit, physical and network
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| | protection need not require a full time
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| access to that machine (and therefore to
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| | IT professional; it can be done by almost
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| critical and perhaps sensitive data) can
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| | anyone with a bare minimum of time to
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| more easily be restricted, improving
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| | spare -- all you need is the right tool.
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| security.2. Multiple backupsYou don't
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| | Backup software can automate much of the
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| want to have all your eggs in one basket.
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| | process, covering the seven steps above
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| There are many reasons why your company
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| | and providing comprehensive data
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| should have access to several full system
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| | protection for your business.Linus Chang
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| backups.* A single backup could fail.
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| | is a backup expert and the lead developer
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| Tapes, CDs and hard drives all wear out
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| | of BackupAssist - tape backup software
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| eventually, so you shouldn't rely 100% on
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| | that is simple and affordable, and
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| a single backup to store your data. The
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| | perfect for small and medium businesses.
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| more copies you have, the less likely you
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| | Protect your Windows servers, including
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| are to lose all of your data to wear,
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| | SQL Server and Exchange Server, to tape,
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| fire damage, water damage, etc.* In the
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| | REV drive, hard drive, NAS and more, at a
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| case of accidental deletion, data loss is
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| | fraction of the cost of other backup
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| often noticed days after it occured,
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| | software.
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| which means that if your only backup is
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