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Backup Effectively and Automatically

James Crowley C3 – Crowley Computer Consulting. Backup Effectively and Automatically. Presentation. Available at www.crowleycomputers.com/ncts.html. Quiz #1. User Home Business user IT Support. Quiz #2. Expertise Novice User Afficianado . Quiz #3. Is all your data backed up?

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Backup Effectively and Automatically

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  1. James Crowley C3 – Crowley Computer Consulting Backup Effectively and Automatically

  2. Presentation • Available at www.crowleycomputers.com/ncts.html

  3. Quiz #1 • User • Home • Business user • IT Support

  4. Quiz #2 • Expertise • Novice • User • Afficianado

  5. Quiz #3 • Is all your data backed up? • Yes • No • Maybe

  6. Quiz #4 • How old is your last backup? • Less than a day • A few days • A week • A month • What backup?

  7. Who should backup? • Everyone!

  8. Example to avoid Corrupt Exchange email database.

  9. Example to avoid Accounting files lost from old server needed for tax filing.

  10. Example to avoid Salesperson USB key of documents stepped on and broken in half.

  11. Example to avoid Several years of deceased husband / father photos.

  12. Example to avoid 18 months of lost baby pictures.

  13. Excuses for not backing up • Cost • It’s not important. • It’s all in the cloud.

  14. Reasons for not backing up • Unimportant to user or company. • Lazy. • Don’t understand. • When am I supposed to rotate media? • Error message? What error message? • Logs? What logs?

  15. Requirements • Scheduled • Monitored • Redundant • Breadth – what is getting backed up • Depth – how long it is getting backed up, versions • Off site • Testing

  16. Other factors • Cost effective • Automated backups • Requires no user intervention • Ease of monitoring • Levels • Workstation • Workgroup • SMB • Corporate

  17. Types of backups • Local • Remote orcloud • Combination

  18. Methods • Disk to tape • Disk to disk • removable • external • network • Disk to cloud

  19. Selection factors • Capacity • Speed • Backup • Restore • Redundancy

  20. Selection factors • Cost • Startup • Software • Hardware • Recurring • Maintenance • Recurring fees

  21. RAID • Is RAID a backup?

  22. Software • Not all hardware solutions will include software. • Or they may not include adequate software. • Options • Agents • Open File • SQL databases • “Other” operating systems

  23. Software • Options • Paid • Included • Open source

  24. Accelerating changes • Hard drive prices dropping, tape prices stable • Cloud • Reliability • Cost of bandwidth and ability to backup off peak • Increased trust

  25. Backup types

  26. Disk to Tape • Advantages • Local • Redundancy • Archiving • Easy off site • Known • Disadvantages • Medium reliability • Speed • Cost

  27. Disk to Disk • Advantages • Medium reliability • Speed • Cost • Disadvantages • Off site

  28. Disk to Cloud • Advantages • Startup costs • Off site • Disadvantages • Recurring costs • Speed

  29. Cloud Backup Options • Many choices • Beware of new companies that may not survive. • Do you need to worry about regulations? • Research, preferably third party. • If it’s a year old, it’s probably wrong. Be sure the review is current.

  30. Some Cloud Backup examples • Carbonite • IDrive • Mozy • Norton Online

  31. Some summaries and comparisons • http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2288745,00.asp • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_online_backup_services

  32. Combination backups Limit disadvantages of any single backup system

  33. D2D2T: Disk to Disk to Tape • Disadvantages • Cost • User intervention

  34. D2D2C:Disk to Disk to Cloud • Disadvantages • Costs • Startup • Recurring

  35. Some combination options • Buffalo TechnolgyTeraStation and LinkStations • Ctera • Iomega iConnect and StorCenter • Qnap Turbo NAS

  36. Carbonite Home & Home Office • Single system backups start at $59 per year, unlimited data. • Files are encrypted, then transmitted • Plus adds external hard drive capability, $99 • Premium adds Courier Recovery, $149

  37. Tray icon and menu

  38. InfoCenter

  39. Carbonite in Windows Explorer • Folder list • File list

  40. Carbonite in context menu

  41. Version restore

  42. Carbonite Business • Business • $229 per year for unlimited computers, external hard drive and NAS devices • 250GB backup • BusinessPremier • $599 per year plus Windows servers • 500GB backup • Additional storage • $46 per year for 50GB add on, $89 for 100GB

  43. Ctera • On premises appliance • Cloud based storage • All in one solution

  44. Costs

  45. CloudPlug • External USB oreSATA • Capacity depends on attached drive • Recommended for up to 10 users

  46. C200 • 2 bay SATA for up to 6TB internal storage • RAID 0/1 • Recommended up to 50 users

  47. C400 • 4 bay SATA for up to 12TB internal storage • RAID 5/6 • Recommended up to 100 users

  48. C800 • 8 bay SATA for up to 24TB internal storage • RAID 5/6 • Recommended up to 200 users

  49. Agent icon and interface

  50. Windows Explorer interface

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