Back Up Your Important Computer Data - Why It"s Critical to Have the Right Hardware
Your data is precious.
What is also precious is that same data you have on other hardware when you perform your regular backup routine.
The hardware used in the past has been around for sometime, and one can consider them as 'for the course' when saving your data.
There are new hardware options available, as well as existing technologies being improved upon.
Depending on your specific needs, a casual computer user will normally save their information on a CD/DVD, an external or additional internal hard drive, or a USB key.
Business users may have the benefit of servers on a network, or even internet based storage facility.
For the casual computer user, more options are available for new hardware now on the market.
SSD drives, Blu-Ray disc, network attached storage, hardware RAID arrays are some of these technologies viable to use due to a decrease in purchase and operational costs.
It is also possible and a good idea to backup your data to more than one media.
Think about what you may have saved on the old humble 3.
5 inch floppy disc.
Technology and digital information has changed and also has increased in size both for files and hardware storage.
These days it would be almost impossible to save any information on only one floppy disc.
Due to not only changes in hardware, there is no one hundred percent foolproof ways to store and retrieve data on only one hardware format.
Hard drives may break down over a couple of years, USB keys may stop functioning, cd and dvd discs may lose their bonding over time and become unreadable.
Purchase the right hardware for your budget and your needs, test your data every six months to ensure its integrity and have a plan to keep your data on more than one form of hardware.
This will insure redundancy and effectively provide other sources for your precious information to be able to be accessible in the medium to long term.
What is also precious is that same data you have on other hardware when you perform your regular backup routine.
The hardware used in the past has been around for sometime, and one can consider them as 'for the course' when saving your data.
There are new hardware options available, as well as existing technologies being improved upon.
Depending on your specific needs, a casual computer user will normally save their information on a CD/DVD, an external or additional internal hard drive, or a USB key.
Business users may have the benefit of servers on a network, or even internet based storage facility.
For the casual computer user, more options are available for new hardware now on the market.
SSD drives, Blu-Ray disc, network attached storage, hardware RAID arrays are some of these technologies viable to use due to a decrease in purchase and operational costs.
It is also possible and a good idea to backup your data to more than one media.
Think about what you may have saved on the old humble 3.
5 inch floppy disc.
Technology and digital information has changed and also has increased in size both for files and hardware storage.
These days it would be almost impossible to save any information on only one floppy disc.
Due to not only changes in hardware, there is no one hundred percent foolproof ways to store and retrieve data on only one hardware format.
Hard drives may break down over a couple of years, USB keys may stop functioning, cd and dvd discs may lose their bonding over time and become unreadable.
Purchase the right hardware for your budget and your needs, test your data every six months to ensure its integrity and have a plan to keep your data on more than one form of hardware.
This will insure redundancy and effectively provide other sources for your precious information to be able to be accessible in the medium to long term.
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