What is Data Backup and Recovery and how Datto can help?
Backup and recovery outline the process of creating and storing copies of business data that can be used to protect companies against data loss. It is sometimes known as operational recovery. Recovery from a backup is a process of restoring the data to the original location. Apart from that in this process, the data is stored in an alternate location where it can be used in case the data is lost or damaged. In this process, a data backup copy is collected in a separate system in the form of tape, from the primary data. It is done to protect the important data against the possibility of accidental any kind of data loss.
Why Backup and Recovery is important?
The goal of the backup is to generate a copy of data that can easily be recovered in case of any primary data failure. Primary data failures can be caused by hardware or software failures, data corruption, or any human-caused event, like a malicious attack (virus or malware), or any kind of accidental deletion of data. Backup copies let data be restored to support the business recovery from an unplanned data deletion situation.
Having a copy of the data on a separate medium is important to guard the data against primary data loss or corruption. This additional medium can be any external drive or USB stick, disk storage, or cloud storage.
Retaining many copies of data gives the insurance and flexibility to restore to a point in time. It helps businesses not to get affected by data corruption or malicious attacks.
Best Data Recovery Solution:
Datto is the best provider of backup, disaster recovery (BDR), and business continuity solutions. It is targeted at the small to medium business market. Datto data recovery solutions are designed around the hybrid cloud platform, which is the most reliable and efficient method for end-users to back up the business data securely. Datto and ensure the data recovery regardless of any disaster situation.
Benefits of Hybrid Cloud Backup
1. Business Continuity
The sought benefit of most hybrid cloud backup solutions is the ability to deliver business continuity. Business continuity is a proactive approach to looking at disaster preparation. If you will have the proper tools and procedures, businesses will remain functional in case of any disaster scenario.
2. Data Insurance
The hybrid cloud backup process creates a local backup locally. After that, a backup of the backup is replicated off-site. This data backup provides a great deal of data security.
3. Local Storage Flexibility
Another benefit of hybrid cloud solutions is that the complete backup is not entirely housed on-site. Businesses can leverage the “infinite” storage space of the cloud, to decide how long they want their local retention to be. Apart from that, they can scale it according to their needs. You can restore the data easily whether it is on-site or off-site. Hence businesses do not need to worry about the loss of on-demand access to their data.
4. Cost Benefits of Hybrid Clouds
• Hardware acquisition, ownership, development, and implementation costs lead to large financial investments.
• Expenses and manpower costs required to maintain the solution can add up fast.
Hybrid clouds keep costs down:
• Initial investments are low.
° End-users/MSP don’t need to own all of the essential pieces of the puzzle.
° e.g. Datto only requires the local unit to be purchased, while the rest of the infrastructure lies in the proprietary Datto cloud.
• No costly maintenance is required by the MSP.
° Decreased power, cooling, and physical maintenance costs.
• Low monthly service fees/licensing costs.
° Cover the cost of leveraging the cloud, software agents, and services outlined in SLAs.
5. Standards Compliance
For some businesses, it is important to keep specific data backed up to comply with government-regulated standards.
Backup vendors are conscious of these severe regulations. They have built their clouds to meet the requirements of these verticals. The hybrid cloud platform lends itself perfectly because if a local backup device is decommissioned all files are already located off-site and can be accessed easily when necessary. It meets many requirements for contingency plans in emergency scenarios.