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Backup System for Home Office

  • 07-07-2006 12:41pm
    #1
    PlanetPob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43 ✭


    Hi All,

    A client of mine wants to get a new computer with the security of a backup system. I told him that there may be an option of setting up a realtime backup system with a Mirror/Raid system.

    I am not completely clued up on this. Can you buy systems with this already configured - do Dell sell them?

    Is it even the best option for my client who is not completely computer savvy?

    I know an easier option would be regular backing up to an external HDD, but that still means he may lose a days work...

    Your help would be very much appreciated....thanks.


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  • #2
    SouperComputer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,946 ✭✭✭SouperComputer


    RAID is not a backup system. It is fault tolerance, very big difference. If you have RAID and suffer fire or serious software corruption you will loose data.

    How much data needs to be backed up, initially and after that? How important is the data to the business? By determining how much work a company can afford to loose, you can establish how often they need to backup. If they can afford to loose a weeks work in a disaster, then a wekkly backup, days work, dayly incremental etc etc.

    Generally you will want one backup stored onsite in a fireproof safe and one offsite. An external HD in conjunction with MS's sync toy is a simple, effective solution. YOu can also use MS's free backup software, cleverly called MSbackup.
    I know an easier option would be regular backing up to an external HDD, but that still means he may lose a days work...

    Golden rule: Backup is always cheaper than recovery!


  • #3
    PlanetPob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 43 ✭PlanetPob


    Thanks for the reply.

    A weekly backup would be sufficient for the media files that he deals with. It is the data files - customer information, orders etc that are most valuable. A daily backup to an external HDD would keep this safe except for most recent information updates. But I suppose that is not the biggest concern if the system completely fails.

    I reckon I will encourage him to get an external HDD, with the backup software that you mentioned. Unless somebody else has other advice?

    Thanks.


  • #4
    SouperComputer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,946 ✭✭✭SouperComputer


    well, maybe two HD's. One full backup at the end of each month stored offsite. Then the dailes to a HD kept in a firesafe.


  • #5
    zod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,025 ✭✭✭zod


    Recomend an Iomega Rev drive..

    see here cartridges last a lot longer than tape and the backup software that comes with is not bad ..

    Can be bought cheaper than :

    http://www.shopireland.ie/electronics/detail/B00025BFOS/Iomega-REVIomega-REV/


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