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How important is
the information on your computer or computer systems?
How reliant is
your business on the stability and reliability of your computers.
Does it contain
all of your Customer and Sales information, your unpaid invoices,
your inventory stock holdings or your family photo collections.
You need to
BACKUP..
Unfortunately, it is
often the case that it's only when we experience first hand the loss
of information, intellectual property and time associated with such
an event that we realise the consequences of not having a computer
backup system and business backup plan. It can be devastating to a
solo or small business owner.
The article below
posted on the core economics web site says it all
My Computer Backup Strategy
by Kwanghui Lim
Last night my computer suffered a bad crash
while attempting a software upgrade. Fortunately everything was
backed up, so things are back to normal again. I thought I’d write a
short note to answer a question I’m often asked: “how do you back up
your files?”. My approach is based on two rules: (a) recovery should
be simple and (b) the most important things to back up are those
that are unique, like my documents, pictures and datasets.
Everything else is replaceable, including software and all those
music and movie files. So here’s how I do my backups. It may not
work for you, but hopefully something similar will be usable.
Daily, Offsite data, Offsite media & Cloning
That’s it: daily backups, monthly clones and
offsite copies. With improvements in synchronization software, all
this takes place with little intervention, and backups happen
quickly.
No matter how busy you are, take a few
minutes to plan your own backup strategy. |