| DISK TO DISK
BACKUP
Title : Disk to disk backup
Audience : Small business principals and managers.
Source : http://www.backupanytime.com/whitepaper.htm
Posted : Sept 07
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Disk to disk backup is the process backing up data from
one disk or set of disks to another.
Common misunderstanding.
While dumping data from your internal hard drive on
to a cheap usb based hard drive may be considered disk
to disk backup in the literal sense, it is not in the
spirit of safe disk to disk backup as a standard drive
in a standard caddy is not a purpose built solution
and carries the extreme risk of actually causing data
loss through unmanaged intervention.
What is unmanaged intervention?
Manually dragging and dropping files from one media
source to another makes no allowances for which files
are in use by an application of windows. The process
can and will cause irreversible data corruption.
Manually plugging drives in and out of computers requires
the use of “safe removal”. Even if you abide
by the basic principles of safe removal, you will in
time cause a drive to flash where “flash”
= “total irretrievable deletion of all contents”
So, what is in the spirit of safe
disk to disk backup?
Safe disk to disk backup utilizes specialized devices
which hold multiple disks in a a safe chamber and comes
with hardware and software management to backup data
across an array of disks and manage same.
Is this not just a raid array?
Yes and no. It may be and often is a raid array but
the crucial difference is that it is not put together
as a clone system for a server. It is independent, external
and was built for the task and comes with management
software and often its own B.I.O.S.
Why is “Disk to disk backup”
such a major topic at the moment?
For years, actually decades, despite the obvious dangers
of tape backup systems, there was no obvious replacement.
With the advent of cheap hard drives, the convenience
of dumping data to pen drives and external drives has
increased the risk of mass data loss. This long term
dependency on tape and recent common usage of high risk
pen drives and hard drives has opened a clear niche
for safe disk to disk backup.
What can I do to avail of this technology?
You can do one or both of the following.
- Contact your I.T. Provider and ask them to quote
for a disk to disk backup system and management and
training.
- Contact backupanytime and avail of online backup
with fully managed disk to disk backup.
Who should use disk to disk backup?
Anyone who is serious about their data and wants to
use the latest technology available to protect their
critical files.
Is it expensive?
As with everything, you get what you pay for. Go for
a branded option which provides enough space for your
needs rather than a non branded option which caters
for more space than you need. You can upgrade the drives
to larger high quality drives as you need. The support,
reliability and functionality of the host system is
most important.
I want the security without the
expense and management headache. What do I do?
Start backing up with backupanytime tonight and you
will be using a world class system with the investment
and management headache. Our system allows you to pay
only for the portion of it you use.
How do I organize this?
Contact your local agent or backupanytime.com directly
and we will organize it for you.
What input will I have to make?
All we need to know is what files you want to backup
and what retention period you want to use.
Can I make amendments in the future
without calling Backupanytime.com?
Yes. We prefer new clients to use the tech support line
and avail of free support but your login gives you full
autonomy over the system.
If you found this document helpful you may like to
visit www.backupanytime.com/whitepaper.htm
or our website proper at www.backupanytime.com
If you are a system administrator and would like technical
details please register your interest on our contact
page requesting membership of our private white
paper area for I.T. Professionals.
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