Tape Backup Systems and Offsite Backup Systems

2007-03-08 10:33:40

( Technology )



Creating physical data backups can prove to be substantial to business, company and organizational operations. Data backups are your weapons against data corruption and data loss. It is not enough to just create duplicate copies of your important files on one location especially on your hard disks because as you know, hard disks are easily damaged by power surges. Once your hard disk fails, both your master file and backup file will be destroyed. It is not even advisable to create data backups on optical disks like CDs and DVDs because they have short shelf life. If you are going to do this, you should maintain multiple copies of the file on several optical disks.

You may say that the backup systems mentioned above are low-cost methods even if the hardware and software to be used are combined. You are correct, but the question you must answer is, “Are they convenient and efficient?” If your answer is no, and you are looking for an effective backup system, then tape backup systems is appropriate for you.

The use of tape backup systems has long been employed by some businesses and companies. It is revered by many as the best backup system available. The large storage capacity of tape drive backups makes tape backup systems efficient. Tape drives can usually store up to 100 GB of data. Furthermore, the emergence of offsite data backup propelled tape backup systems to greater use.

Offsite data backup is a recent backup trend used by most business organizations and companies today. It is backup method done on remote locations. Offsite data backup allows the creation of duplicate copies of your important files spontaneously at two or more remote locations without interference of the onsite operations.

Latest developments on offsite backup software can even allow offsite backup process without the need of IT personnel to facilitate the offsite location. The offsite data backup files can be easily made available in case of onsite operations failure.

With the proliferation of different offsite backup softwares, you can even offer it as a value-added service and make profit out of it.


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