Optimised IT
We all know how important our data is to us that is stored on our computers, yet data backup is an area that is often forgotten. Whether it is business or personal use, data backup is something that everyone should be thinking about. There is nothing more infuriating than spending hours on a document, or storing all of your favourite photos, only to lose them.
Scalable
We can supply a range of backup solutions to suit a simple home PC, or a multi user business environment, where files, emails and databases are critical to the day to day operation of the company. Backups can then be kept offsite, in the event of disaster recovery.
Examples of backup solutions we provide are:
- Tape Drive Backup
- RD1000 Removable Media Drives
- External Hard Drives
- NAS Drives (Network Attached Storage)
- Symantec BackupExec
- Acronis True Image
- Online Internet Backup
You can backup most files such as documents, emails, databases, pictures, music files, even web sites.
Types of Backup
Full Backup
This is a complete copy of data of all files on your PC or server, every time you complete a backup. This method is used because it is straightforward and simple. If you want to recover data from four days ago, you retrieve the media for that day and begin your restore. The drawback is it uses the longest amount of time to complete of all the methods, although modern backup devices can now backup a large amount of data in a relatively short period of time.
Differential Backup
This is where you have a weekly or master backup and each successive backup after that includes all the changes from the master. That means as the week goes on, you are backing up more and more data each time to capture all the changes. When you need to recover data, you only need your master and the differential tape for the day you are recovering to, so a Friday recovery requires only two tapes.
Incremental Backup
Similar to Differential, you have a weekly or master tape. After your master, each tape only stores data that has had changes since the last backup. This is the fastest backup, but the trade off here is recovery. You will need to take the master, and insert each tape until you reach the day you want to restore to process a full restore
