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September 06, 2005
What Kind of Backup Do You Have?
While watching the disaster from hurricane Katrina I would help but wonder about business and their IT departments. I think all my clients use tape to back up their data. What I wondered was, would tape have survived the floods.
One alternative or backup to tape is online backup. I friend has been using Data Deposit Box and likes it. In this instance you back up your data to their site. They charge you a monthly fee that, per megabyte, is cheaper for large amounts of data. 20GB of storage runs you a little under $70 per month.
In the case of New Orleans, many businesses may not be able to get back into their offices for several weeks at minimum. With an online backup system, you could set up in another office anywhere in the country, download your data and start operation.
I don’t know if this is a good solution for everyone, but I think it’s worth consideration.
Posted by Ted at September 6, 2005 10:03 AM