The idea behind data backup is that it needs to be dependable and easy to recover. When something awful strikes your computer system and your data, then your backup is your only hope. If you take any unnecessary risks with your backup plan, you are inviting a potential loss of all your vital info.
Uploading a file into the cloud sounds like your data is just floating off into a blissful new world. Actually, it’s being transferred from your hard drive to a different one that is in a distant location. This is your data center, and this is where all the action goes on.
There’s a very good reason why “tape backup” is becoming less and less used by companies. It’s called the future! For decades, tape backup was the only cost-effective way to make backup transported securely to an off-site storage facility. This was back when there were major limits to available technology. Nowadays, these type of backup tapes do not stand up to our modern times and fast arriving future.
The most glaring flaws to having tape backup are the increased risk of human error, the high cost and slow recovery. For years now, these tape storage locations have been too expensive for most businesses. With most businesses using data centers now, they see the advantages of them. Data centers are specialized buildings designed to run computers safely. The actual look of a data center is a lab/warehouse hybrid.
Picture rows and rows of server racks, where dozens and dozens of companies share private space. It grants easy access to the world’s fastest networks, multiple power grids, to go along with locks, gates, armed guards, all inside a fire/flood/blast-proof building. Let’s just say your office does not compare to this.
If that didn’t win you over, another thing to keep in mind are the added perks of storing your data:
– Battery banks for instantaneous, reliable emergency power.
– Gas turbine or diesel generators for efficient, long-lasting emergency power.
– Multiple compressed water chillers for air and water-based cooling.
– Guarded, biometric security checkpoints.
Data centers are a must-have for just about any business, small or large.
