Why backup your server?
A good IT contingency plan must include a backup policy for the company’s servers. It is one thing to make a backup of the files The backup of the entire volume of files stored on the computers of an SME and the backup of the entire volume of files stored on each server of the company or institution.
The disappearance of server data can translate into a huge amount of administrative, operational and image problems that are difficult to quantify. It is therefore important to know why you should be concerned about implementing a backup technology suitable enough for your project.
Reasons to backup your servers
The servers of a large company contain a high volume of important information: websites, blogs, intranet, cloud computing programs in B2B and B2C businesses, encrypted departmental information, strategies, private customer data, etc. Data loss or damage in this regard can be a catastrophe and the maintenance task of manually backing up can be not only daunting, but in some cases impossible and would require many more resources.
In addition, one would have to take into account the range of problems resulting from a disappearance or loss of data, which could be due to anything from human error to someone acting in bad faith. Such problems could include difficulties with the law as long as customers decided to take legal action against the company for mismanagement of their data. There would also be administrative problems when managing customer data and internal company information.
But we should also talk about economic losses Many departments that work with databases on a daily basis would be paralyzed until the problem was solved. Delays in deliveries to customers, website and intranet downtime, operational problems to share data and maintain a fluid internal communication between the different areas of the company. All this translates into entire days without being able to work properly and, in the worst case, a total bankruptcy of the company.
Fortunately, no businessman in his right mind with his own server and a good IT department would risk storing the company’s information solely and exclusively there. Serious companies and organizations implement back-up policies to scrupulously comply with the law and ensure their own security. But the problem lies in the details. Not having a good automatic backup service with file encryption that makes it possible to manage mishaps as quickly and efficiently as possible.
The great majority of services allow us to make a backup of our files. But if we use one or more computers as file servers in our company, we should not neglect that the information they contain must be protected and saved, especially considering the sometimes terrible conditions to which some servers are subjected.
Have you already made a backup of the files Are you aware of the danger of working without backups?