College of Education Education IT Tech Talk

Backup Solutions for Work and Home

Objectives Types of Backup Solutions Types of Backup Solutions Where to Go for Backup Solutions Where to Go for Backup Solutions How Often How Often What Should be Backed Up What Should be Backed Up

Types of Backup Methods Offline –External Media –Internal Hard Drive Online –Departmental Servers –Data Backup Sites

External Backup Hardware –External USB/Firewire Hard Drive –Mobile USB Hard Drive

More Hardware Hardware (cont.) –USB Flash Drive –CD/DVD

Backup Software Software –Microsoft SyncToy –Microsoft Windows XP Backup –Third Party Software Roxio Backup My PC Nero BackItUp –Ghost

Online Backup Departmental Servers –U:/ Drive –Shadow Copy –Limited Space –Should not be only instance of data Career Accounts –X:/ Drive (H:/ Drive) –Limited Space

Commercial Online Backup Online Backup Sites –Pay for storage space online –Lots of providers for Business and Personal Use –Examples: –Photo Sites

What Should Be Backed Up? Rule of Thumb –If you can’t afford to lose it; back it up! –Data Current—Someplace easy and accessible Old—Someplace out of the way

How Often Should I Backup? Rule of Thumb: –If you can’t afford to lose it; back it up! The more important it is to you, the more often you should back it up –Monthly, Weekly, Daily –Multiple Backups

Ramifications Not backing up is COSTLY! –Data recovery Doesn’t always get everything Very expensive –($500-$9000+) Failures Happen!

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