How many times have we read a quick statistic that shows companies going out of business after a major data loss? Too many times we hear the horror stories. And all of these mishaps could have been prevented if there was a Disaster recovery plan in place.
All Disaster Recovery plans have multiple layers of backup, combinations of local and offsite backup give a good balance of safety.
Don’t be fooled into thinking that you are covered because you make copies of files to an external drive or even worse a small usb drive that fits in your hand. And most people / companies never bother to test their backups so you are just wasting your time if you think you are covered.
So be smart, make the investment and make sure your data is backed up.
And one last time for the people in the back of the room, have multiple layers of backup and test them regularly.
John
