What is offsite data backup solution? The most popular offsite backup challenges and features.
Every modern company understands that there is a possibility of malfunction in storing important information, so businesses try to protect their data by backing it up. In case of damage to hardware, software, etc. and consequent loss of important data, it is then possible to recover it. There are two ways to backup corporate data and each of them have both advantages and disadvantages: these are onsite and offsite backup.
Offsite backup is the replication of the data to a server which is separated geographically from a production systems site. Offsite data backup may also be done via direct access, over Wide Area Network (WAN). Onsite backup means the storage of the backup data on local storage devices such as hard drives, DVDs, and more.
This is a great post about offsite backup definition and types. Here is also a detailed review of qualities and techniques of offsite data backup.
There is a lot of offsite backup solutions, and they have a wide range of benefits such as cost-effectivness and a greater degree of corporate control over backup practices, access to the necessary data from any location, and more. That’s why I prefer offsite, not onsite backup.
Great post about onsite and offsite data backup. It’s important to know all features and types of solutions to choose the right one.
To prevent the loss of important data every company uses backup solutions. That’s a very useful and informative post for those who wants to choose offsite data backup solution.
@Adam there’s also best practices for offsite backups, as well as use cases for offsite backup solutions. At the end of the day, every bit of information makes your own choice a bit easier.
While the information about offsite backup solutions and their features was important, I’m more interested in the differences between onsite and offsite backups and why there’s a difference in the first place. This was an interesting read.
In my opinion, part of the best practices about a reliable internet connection is probably the most important one. Too many things can go wrong if your internet suddenly disappears in the middle of the working day. Great article all in all.