Tubro Backup - Disk Backup

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Disk Backup- 10/21/2008

For many years, tape was the only backup medium available for storing business computer data backups. These days, tape backup is increasingly being replaced by disk backup as the most common storage choice for data management professionals.

Disk backup can refer to backing data up to disks of almost any kind, from CDs to DVDs to hard disk drive arrays in regular server computers or in complex NAS or SAN type storage devices. Of these options, it normally refers to hard drive disks within standard computing equipment. Tape backup and the processes surrounding it were (and are still) fraught with problems from both a logistics and recoverability perspective. Tapes are notorious for their failure rates when the time to recover backed up data arrives. Unlike a modern disk backup, tape backups have to be physically removed from the host premises to insure their safety. Using remote backup software it is possible to perform a secure disk backup to a hard drive located off premises, automatically. Another legacy problem that is handled quite easily by disk backup is the regularity of the backup sessions. Since many tape, CD, and DVD backup regimens are completely dependent on human interaction - and therefore the dependability of busy humans - they sometimes don’t get done. Most leading disk backup utilities are fully automated and run on a user-defined schedule. At Remote Backup Systems, we defined the industry of online remote disk backup software and services. Our sales staff and technicians interact with organizations of all sizes every day, many whom are considering adding remote backup services to their portfolio of client offerings. Give us a call to discuss your plan, and leverage our many years of experience.