The best way to protect your data is to have one copy at home and (at least) one copy elsewhere.
When you only backup to a disk at home, or a DVD, and you leave it next to your computer, in case of fire or theft of your machine – then you have lost both the machine, and the backup.
If you backup over to the internet (into the cloud) then you can be sure that there’s always a copy of your data in case disaster strikes.
Ideally, you should backup your data as soon as you change a file, create a file, or make a new folder. However, we realize that this is a lot for you to remember.
That’s why 77Backup is designed to do the hard work for you. You just tell the software to monitor a directory, and then every new file in that directory, every change you make to a file in that directory, will automatically be backed-up to the server, at most four hours after you make the change.
Do you have home insurance? Of course you do. You’d be in big trouble if your house burned down and you lost all your stuff. You have home insurance to replace your furniture, clothes, in case of something happening to your house.
Data backup is just like home insurance – it means you can get your data back in case something happens to your computer. Imagine that someone steals your laptop. Sure, you can buy a new laptop – but it won’t have your CV, the photos from your trip to Paris, or the film of little Timmy’s first steps, will it?
Any backup strategy starts with a concept of data repository
An unstructured repository may simply be a stack of floppy disks or CD-R/DVD-R media with minimal information about what was backed up and when. This is the easiest to implement, but probably the least likely to achieve a high level of recoverability.
What’s better than a good backup log? A good backup log that you don’t need to go look at because it comes to you by email.
As of today, the backup suite can send you a log of the backup jobs which have been run. This is sent to your registered email address (if you activate this option).
Here’s a taste…
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