Why online backup?

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Why online backup?

Postby Sean » Sun Jan 03, 2010 7:15 am

Online backup is a web-based service. It can back up files to against the loss of the data. The online backup service supplies the customer copy their important files to make sure the safety of the information. Online backup systems create a software program that can copy the files automatically once a week even once a day.
Why do we use the online backup system? When our hard drive fails or the files are deleted accidentally, we can get our original data from the backup if we like to. It is safer than other methods that just depend on the local media. An online backup service has several advantages.
Simple
Online backup just need a simple, one-time setting. Then it can runs automatically finished your backup depending on your plan and order without any effort. It is easy and quick. On the contrary, the traditional backup asks you to use a complicate backup process. You should put the cd in your driver. Then begin to back up the data from one step to another. Many people so tried to make it work. All in all, the traditional backup process will take much time.
Safety
Once you link to your local network, the system copies the data automatically. If you don’t want some else to access to your backup, you can set up a passport. If so, only you can get the backup, which is fast and safe.
Storage place
As to the traditional backup, your backup data is often place in a location such as in your office. If there is a disaster, like a fire or flood, the backup will be destroyed without taking it out in time. However, online backup locate the backup in many places, which are far from each other. Even if a disaster happened, it will be saved easily.
Version
Compared with traditional backup, online backup allows you to restore the version you want, for it back up multiple version of your data. You must update your version of your data files when use the traditional backup because of the limited storage space
Convenience
You can back up your data just accessing to the webpage wherever you are with the online backup system. A traditional backup requires you have a medium to store the backup.
Reliability
Traditional backup needs a media. The media may be a tape, cd, hard drive, which could be failed sometime. Due to this, online backup needn’t depend on a media. Needless to say, backup online is more reliable.
Sean
 

Re: Why online backup?

Postby jamesyang » Fri Jul 23, 2010 4:23 pm

Great!
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Re: Why online backup?

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