Backups
Free Guide: How Data Backup And Testing Make A Business Bulletproof
Having a backup is only half the job. This short guide explains how to back up your business data properly and how to check that you can really get it back when you need it.
What's inside
Written for business owners and office managers, not IT specialists. It covers what to back up, how to do it, and how to test and measure your recovery.
What a backup is, and what to protect
A separate copy of your important data, kept safe in case the original is lost. Start by listing what your business could not do without, such as customer records, financial records and staff files.
The main ways to back up
Full, incremental, cloud, on-site and hybrid backups compared in plain English, plus why a copy kept off-site matters.
Why backup matters
Protection from hardware failure, mistakes and cyber attacks, quicker recovery with less downtime, customer confidence and meeting any rules that apply to your industry.
Why testing is essential
A backup is only useful if it restores. Simple checks you can run, from restoring a few files to rehearsing a full recovery, to find problems before you need the data.
Planning your testing
How often to test, who does it, what time and tools it needs, and how to learn from the results.
Measuring your readiness
What recovery time and recovery point objectives mean, how to set them for your business, and how to keep your plan up to date as things change.
Why testing is the step most people miss
Most businesses have some kind of backup running in the background, and it is easy to assume it is working. The only way to know is to try restoring from it, regularly, and to write down how long it takes and what comes back.
You can see how we look after backups for our clients on our data backup solutions page, and what we can do when data has already been lost on our data recovery page.
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