Backup / Restore

Backup /Restore Best Practices

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A backup practice is the process of creating new copies of data which serve to restore the original important ones in an event of data loss A best practice is a technique or methodology of achieving a certain objective , which through practice and experience , has reliably proven to generate the desired results . A redundant hardware is one in which the primary system is guarded from failures and errors by the provision of multiple components which are used interchangeably . This

will therefore focus on some of the best backup practices in use and also determine whether a good backup strategy is better than a redundant hardware

A number of backup practices are employed to ensure a reliable way of recovering data some of which are elucidated below . Developing backup and restore plans and testing them is a major milestone in ensuring that all the stored data is secure . Planning on when , where , and how data is stored and backups performed is critical in quick recovery after a disaster strikes (Amini , Peiris Khnaser , 2006 . Training of personnel on backup and restore procedures can never be overlooked . Basically this depends on the level of security of the network system in which such roles are assigned to members of the Administrator 's group for high security networks while for minimum and medium security situations other staff members can be thoroughly trained

Both the storage devices such as tape drives and storage media such as...