Archive for the 'data-recovery' Category

9 Things to Look for when Considering Data Backup Solutions

It’s one thing to loose data and money because of hackers and thieves of various kinds; it’s a different thing again when it’s because you didn’t back up your data properly or not at all. Value your data! Whether it’s that critical business document, your thesis, your website or your home accounts and precious […]

Backup Your Data Or Lose Your Life!

Oh the perils of collecting those precious photos on your PC for years, only to have your hard drive crash one day, and not have made a SINGLE BACKUP COPY of any of your priceless pictures. Well, now is the time to backup your hard drive. A few simple steps will set you […]

Are The Words Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning Rolling Off Your Lips?

It might be more fun to talk about those free online business cards that are saving the company money, or those nifty designer business checks that are helping to solidif your branding efforts at the next staff meeting, but what really should be rolling off your lips are the words "business continuity and disaster recovery […]

Backing Up Personal Computers

Backup on business computers is typically not the user’s concern unless it’s a small business. A business should have a policy in place for managing backups especially due to Sarbanes - Oxyley.
Four options for backing up:

External hard drive

CD-RW (CD rewriteable) drive

Tape

Network server

Two options for what to back up:

Everything

Data files (.doc, .xls, .db, .ppt, .txt, etc.)

Personally, […]

5 RAID Data Recovery Prevention Tips

If you have spent the time to increase your computer’sperformance by setting up a hardware RAID array, you owe it toyourself to invest a little extra time and effort in maintainingthe hard disks in your setup. Following these tips will helplimit the need for data disaster recovery in the future.
1. If you are copying information […]