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The Seven Golden Rules Of Data Backups
Backups of company data are carried out for two main reasons. The first is to cater for those times when a document is inadvertently deleted or damaged and you wish to recover original document; second is as part of a disaster recovery plan in case something catastrophic happens to your computers (e.g., victims of a fire or theft).
Backups cost time, money and effort to implement, and they are of no value right up until time you need them. This means they tend to be given a low priority, but ultimately they may easily represent difference between your business surviving and failing. In this TipSheet, we look at most common mistakes businesses make with backups.
1. Backup often
Re-entering data is tedious and frustrating. Backing up your company data once a week means that most you should ever have to re-input is one week's worth Backing up your company data once a day means most you should ever have to re-input is one day's worth. Frequent backups lessen impact of data loss.
2. Don't keep any volatile data on desktop PCs
In many organisations, documents are kept on hard drive of desktop PCs. It is unlikely that this is backed up regularly, if at all. A PC can easily be replaced: last week's quotations may not be so easy to replace. In particular, check that email is not stored on local hard drive (this is very common in small to medium size businesses). All documents, spreadsheets, email, etc should be kept on a central server, which is in turn backed up regularly.
