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<title>Still Using Them Old Backup Tapes To Backup Your Data?</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ Amazingly many big company's still use tape drives, I have many clients myself that feel that using the old tape method is the best way to go when backing up their data... But for me, I simply feel that tape drives have had their day and it's now time to make room for Flash Drives and external HDDs.

Now if you work in a massive company with a massive funding pot then your probably have a more advanced backup procedure with high end backup storage servers, but even then you will need some kind of media device where you can store your files off site.

This is what was great about tape drives, you could easily store data on them and also erase then for another use without endless formating. Compact Disks (CD) are a great way to backup but have limited space, the same with DVDs you can only store so much on them. But the same goes for tapes, they can reach around 20GB but the larger they are the longer it takes to erase and rewind...

Tapes also decay, if you wanted to use tape drives to keep a history of data over a long period of time then think again, you may get many years but in the end they will decay and will be useless.

It's time to move on and use the next generation technology...

Flash drives are becoming more and more popular and also external HDD drives are becoming more advanced, bigger and cheaper!

Though let's talk more about flash drives, what advantage do they have over your standard tape drive. Firstly, they are way faster, so quick that they put your top of the range HDD drive to shame. Flash drives work like your average USB memory stick, they can now come in many sizes roughly around 32gb being the largest size.

Though there is two different versions, once works like RAM in your PC, this version is the fastest and works well but has a downfall of when power is cut off from the device (Like DDR RAM) it loses its memory.

But one version which many are using is the one that works like your average USB memory stick, its fast, it saves the data after being detached and is also very portable and hard to destroy!

Next backup media is the external HDD drives, they are much bigger then a small USB flash drive but can store way much more data and are more suited towards backing up file servers which store thousands of gigs worth of data. Not only that but external hard disks are becoming cheaper every single day. It's possible to get hold of a 350GB drive for 50GBP (Great British Pound) which is dirt cheap considering how much your data is worth.

The only problem with external drives is that its still a hard disk which can be corrupted if handle incorrectly, you still have to take care and buy the right drive as some get hotter then others. Other then that its probably the best and cheapest way of backing up your important data.

Tape drives for me are out, they are old and easy to break and if left in the wrong place can cause your data to be corrupted. 

Hope this article helps you better understand which are the latest and best backup medias in the market. ]]></description>
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<title>How Important Is Computer Backup Software? Do You Have Any?</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[ With the digital world ever growing with files getting larger by the second it's about time the world started taking backing up of their data seriously! What if I told you that many people in the world right now are losing thousands due to corrupt data... Shocking?

I have been working in the Information Technology (IT) game for many years, I have built a nice client base of company's which rely on me supporting their IT needs. This includes making sure their current backup software backs up their important data files.

The problem the world encounters today is the lack of decent programs in the software market, we have our standard computer backup software which comes with most server OS software but its limited to what it can do. 

But what should you be looking out for when searching for new backup software?

I'm going to list some of the most important factors that you need to take in to account when buying new computer backup software, there is no need for you to spend thousands on fancy programmers to write you up something, there is hope out there!

First you want a program which will backup your data when it's in use, most programs out there don't do this and show up errors within the logs that its had to skip a file because of file permissions. To get round this you will want a program which can copy the data without hindering the user using the file, a decent backup software program will do this.

You will also want a program which will display the right amount of detail in the log files, this can be one of the most annoying things with computer backup software. They can either tell you too much information or tell you too little information, getting the right balance can be hard.

Make sure you can give the software a trial run there is no point spending out money just to find out that the computer backup software does not do what it says on the tin... Think before spending your cash! If they don't give trials of their computer backup software then ask if they can set you up on one or even give you a guarantee refund.

Reviews! It's very important to read other peoples fews on any program your about to buy, don't purchase anything without reading real user reviews on a product. Some cases this can be hard to find but if you can't find any reviews at all then stay away since the product has not been fully tested by a third party source.

Remember computer backup software is very important to have, its not only costly to have but its even more costly to not have one so think before buying your computer backup software. Picking the right software is key to your company's future, don't lose data that you have taken years to build as it can only take 3 seconds for that data to be lost. ]]></description>
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