Onsite/Offsite Data Backup

What is data backup and why does my business need it?

Our culture is in a full swing change over from an analog/physical world to a digital/cloud-based one. These new digital technologies solved many problems the analog world struggled with, however, they came with their own set of problems. One of which is backing up important data.

Some of the threats include Physical Disasters, Hackers, Viruses, and Ransomware.

To many, data backup doesn’t sound important but on the contrary, it is one of the most important things your business could do to safeguard you from losing EVERYTHING.

Payroll, receipts, sensitive customer information, scheduling, etc...

In combination, losing brand reputation, customer loyalty, and customer trust will ultimately lead to losing money, time, and customers.

No matter what size the business is, every company needs a backup system. A robust backup strategy will be needed in order to keep all of your business data safe and secure.

Offside backup or onsite backup or both?

There are many backup and recovery options out there; some onsite, some offsite. Trying to parse through which one fits best into your business can be very difficult, and often as a result isn’t done right.

Onsite backup is generally a two-part strategy used to ensure rapid access to a point in time data that takes longer to retrieve offsite. Organizations supporting databases with a high data change rate will often employ an onsite backup strategy for quick recovery in the event of a failure.

Onsite backup isn’t really for retention or protection but it is a strategy used for rapid recovery of large datasets when working on a project. If you’re looking for protection, you want to go offsite.

If you can only choose to go with one, go with offsite as it’s better to recover slowly rather than not being able to recover at all.

The most simple way of putting it is: Offsite backup is a must and protects you from more things than a local backup can even though it is slower.