Backup and Recovery

Backup and Recovery are 2 very important aspects of companies that require data storage. At the EMC sites in North Carolina they went in depth about their services. EMC has very cost effective resources and provides both services to their customers. Backup is very important when it comes to businesses because they need to make sure that their data and information is always in existence. If something happens on site at a company, let's say Company A for example then they need that data to be backed up at another location. If Company A catches on fire and everything is lost in the fire companies like EMC make sure that the data is safe and intact at one of their many backup locations. Ok so back to the analogy, say the place goes up in flames and all is lost. The first move will be to either rebuild there or find a new location. After that is done they will need that information to be recovered. This is where the recovery part of Backup and Recovery comes in. Company A has already spent time rebuilding and basically preparing to continue their business and now they need their data to be recovered. The data storage company, in this case EMC can send the data to Company A wirelessly and at a very high speed. This ensures that the company can get their data without wasting time and money. Everyday people like myself don’t need a huge company like EMC to help me back up my data. In comparison to these bigger companies I have very little data anyway. In my own life I use external hard drives. These can run anywhere from $50-$200 depending on the size of hard drive and it’s features. Personally I don’t like external hard drives that need to be plugged into the wall as well as your computer. How do I know this you might ask? The answer is because I have one. I use my Western Digital external hard drive more often because I do not have to plug it into the wall. As far as backup and recovery goes in my case. I can back up my entire computer to an external hard drive and mail it home to NY. Should anything happen to my laptop I could send for that hard drive and restore all of my data. When it comes to backing up my things daily. That would prove to be a little more difficult. Actually I’ll be honest, anything short of getting a membership to some website I haven’t the slightest clue.

Here are a couple links that can and will provide more knowledge on this subject.

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http://www.emc.com/collateral/analyst-reports/11530-idc-ww-pbba-2011-2015-forecast.pdf

http://www.emc.com/products/category/backup-recovery.htm

http://www.barraguard.com/Network-Backup-Servers.asp?source=google&keyword=backup-and-recovery&gclid=COqMgpDeo6wCFYxV7AodEHbJKA