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TS3 Technologies has been serving the Alabama area since 2011, providing IT Support such as technical helpdesk support, computer support and consulting to small and medium-sized businesses.

Celebrating World Backup Day!

Celebrating World Backup Day!

There you are, working on the most important project of your career. You’ve worked through the initial problems and are making progress, and then your computer crashes. Panic sets in. You reboot, hoping that will fix the problem. It doesn’t. This is the nightmare scenario that haunts businesses and individuals alike. If you don’t have a solid backup plan, you’re one spilled coffee or rogue virus away from disaster. 

Today is World Backup Day, so we thought we should talk about why backups matter and how you can avoid the heartbreak of data loss.

The Horror Stories Are Real

You may think that kind of thing can’t (or won’t) happen to you. Oh, but it will. Just ask anyone who has lost an entire semester’s worth of college essays or a business owner who watched years of financial records vanish into the digital void. Whether it’s due to hardware failure, cyberattacks, or sheer bad luck, data loss doesn’t discriminate.

3-2-1

A single backup isn’t enough. If your only copy of important files is on an external hard drive sitting next to your computer, congratulations, you’ve just made it slightly harder to lose everything in a fire. To truly protect yourself, follow the golden rule: the 3-2-1 backup strategy.

  • 3 copies of your data - Your original files, plus two backups.
  • 2 different storage media - Like an external drive and a cloud service.
  • 1 offsite backup - Because a backup in the same location as your computer is about as useful as an umbrella in a tornado.

Cloud Storage

Cloud services are good solutions that will automatically back up your files. You don’t have to remember to do it yourself. However, don’t rely solely on the cloud, it’s smart, but it’s not invincible. Hackers, server failures, or even accidental deletions can still strike.

Automate Your Backups

Relying on yourself to manually back up files is like promising to go to the gym every morning; great in theory, but doomed in practice. Use automated backup software to ensure your files are always protected without lifting a finger.

Test Your Backups

Just because you’ve backed up your data doesn’t mean it’s actually restorable. Imagine going to retrieve your files, only to discover that your backups are as useful as a chocolate teapot. Test them regularly to make sure they work when you need them.

A solid backup plan isn’t just for techies; it’s for anyone who doesn’t want to deal with a major headache when their files are lost or corrupted. For more information about data backup, BDR, and disaster recovery, give us a call today at (205) 208-0340.

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