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Traditional Backup is Dead! Is Your Business Protected? [Infographic]

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Is traditional backup really dead?

The answer to this question really depends on the type of reliability and service that you are expecting should you need business data recovery.

While many small to midsize businesses today are employing traditional backup methods, it’s interesting to note that, according to a recent research, over 93% of businesses that suffered data loss for more than 10 days had to file for bankruptcy within one year of the data loss.

At the end of the day, whether your current backup service is sufficient or not, maybe put to the test when you have a natural disaster, experience data corruption or downtime. And if you fall within the 75% of all businesses that store their tape backup onsite, if anything happened to your physical location, including, fire or flood, you maybe left without a way to recover your organization’s information.

Why Is Traditional Backup Dying?

Although backup is a critical IT area that ensures business protection in the event of a disaster or data corruption, it still remains one of the most cumbersome tasks that IT managers are faced with. Businesses employing traditional backup services today are backing up data using legacy data storage systems and methods such as tape backup.

Traditional backup services leave IT managers burdened with the day-to-day management of data backup, which can take days or sometimes weeks. Meaning by the time a full data backup is completed, your data might be obsolete if you work in a real-time business data environment.

Traditional backup also involves managing large databases and the need to continuously increase disk space to match growing needs. Additionally, backups also have to be put to the test every now and then. And during this process, your business might have to experience some downtime.

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Why Is Anyone Using Traditional Data Backup?

When it comes to backup, until more recently with business continuity services that offer cloud backup, data duplication and reduplication automatically, data backup used to be a manual IT undertaking. Businesses still using traditional backup services sometimes choose to do so because tape backup a cheaper alternative.

But as we all know cheap is not always great.

Using traditional backup methods without a full disaster recovery plan is similar to choosing liability car insurance or a more comprehensive insurance policy. If you ever need to file for a claim, in most cases, you get a better service and more benefits when using a premium insurance policy.

When it comes to the very livelihood of your business – your data – shouldn’t you have the best possible service?

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Backup is Not Equal to Disaster Recovery

Backup services are sometimes confused for disaster recovery services. While traditional backup services may help you in the event of data corruption, it doesn’t replace a full disaster recovery plan. With about 50% of traditional backup restoration failing, it’s essential to have a plan in place that protects your business for any unforeseen circumstances.

Disaster recovery and business continuity services on the other hand, backup your data while putting in place checks and measures for full data recovery in case of an emergency. In most cases, your data is also backed up to multiple locations, and virtualized for easy restoration.

A detailed plan that aims at minimizing downtime within a recovery time objective or the time with which it takes to have your business back up with downtime. For instance, at CompuData we have a 1-hour recovery point objective for all our disaster recovery plans.

Here is a visual comparison of traditional backup and business continuity services. Key differences include:

  • Recovery Time
  • Human Error
  • Verification
  • Location
  • Backup Speeds
  • Virtualization
  • Redundancy
  • Compliance
  • Reliability
  • Security
  • Cost

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