Backup Practices

The All backup routines must look after expense and effort against risk. Few backup methods are 100-percent airtight and those that are may be more trouble to implement than they're worth. That said, here are some rules of thumb to guide you in developing a solid backup strategy.

1. Develop a written backup plan that tells you:
• What's being backed up.
• Where it's being backed up to.
• How often backups will occur.
• Who's in charge of performing backups.
• Who's in charge of monitoring the success of these backups Storage Devices.
2. The database and accounting files are your most critical data assets. They should be backed up before and after any significant use. For most organizations, this means backing up these files daily. We have a verity of backup medias like following AIT Tapes, , DVD/CDR, LTO Tapes and SDLT Tapes.
3. the Back up your core documents and email files at least once a week, or even once a day. Each organization needs to decide how much work it is willing to risk losing and set its backup schedule.
4. The Store a copy of your backups off-site to insure against a site-specific disaster such as a fire, break-in, or flood. Ideally, you should store your backups in a safety-deposit box. We recommend rotating a set of backups off-site once a week.
5. It is not usually necessary to back up the complete contents of each HP/Compaq Hard Drives most of that space is taken up by the operating system and program files, which you can easily reload from a CD if necessary.
6. The Remember to back up data on your laptops and handheld devices as well, which, depending on how you use them.
7. The Test your backups before you need them. Make sure your backup software has full read-back verification.
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