4 Main Challenges in Data Backup & Recovery
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• In the age of technology, it’s generally
believed that both individuals and businesses
have data backup and recovery solutions.
• And obviously, it’s much easier for home
users than corporations to do the same thing.
• In the instance of protecting Outlook data,
individuals can just back up the data file
regularly. If meet up with any disasters, a PST
recovery tool can resolve it breezily.
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• But when it comes to companies, the same
thing would be much more complicated.
• If you refuse to accept failures after a lot of
effort, then you can refer to this presentation
to overcome these 4 big challenges when
facing data backup and recovery.
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1: Trustless Backup Technology
• Supposing that you cannot make sure that
your backup is dependable, then even the
most perfect repair plan will not work.
• Thus you could verify your backups with
following criteria:
① It had better be automatic.
② The integrity of your data can be verified
both online and offline.
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③ If the backup can check itself automatically,
it will be better.
④ Keep flexible types and copies for backups
to ensure one of them can work normally
when the other fails.
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2: No Valid Data Recovery Plan
• After preparing reliable backups, it’s time to
check your data recovery.
• Make sure that the plan can pass following
factors:
① Involved Personnel
List out all the persons who will take part in
the battle of rescuing data. And train them
until they are able to do their part of work.
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② Key Data
Figure out which data are the most important
that you can’t lose for normal business. Make
sure that you can protect them effectively.
③ Detailed Rescuing Steps
Determine concrete steps and allocate specific
work to every participant when a data
disaster occurs.
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3: Fail to Test Data Recovery Plan
• After preparing an eligible data recovery
plan, you should test it. There are 2 common
mistakes which people would like to make.
① Don’t test the plan consistently.
② Only test the plan in virtual scenario.
All in all, you should test it regularly and put
into real world to acclimatize itself to diverse
disasters.
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4: Fail to Invest in Data Recovery Plan
• Although an effective data recovery plan
cannot come for free, it won’t cost you great
expense.
• Therefore, you ought to make cautious
decisions before purchasing in order to
minimize the cost and gain the maximum ROI.