Backups and data recovery

Computer technology has enabled the storage of more information in less physical space than ever before. Months of work now fit on a DVD, your photo albums and your entire music collection are squeezed on to your hard disk. Overall, more and more of our important data is stored in some kind of electronic format.

The advantages of this digitalisation of our lives are many but the risks it carries are also increased. Secure backup procedures are vitally important to protect your data.

Backups

Lazyfish Technology can help you put safeguard your data. In develop an effective backup strategy there of number of questions we need to ask;

which data needs protecting (accounts, documents, emails, databases, photos...)?
where is the data kept (in your computer, on the network, on a CD)?
how up-to-date do the backups need to be (immediate, yesterday, last week...)?
does the backup system need to be automated?
how long can you or your business survive without the data or computer system?
does a copy of the data need to be stored in a different physical location?
what is your budget?

Backup media

Most backup solutions will use a variety of different media to cover short and long term backup requirements; USB flash drives, CD/DVDs, external hard-drives, network storage, RAID arrays, and tape are the most common.

We also offer secure automated online backup services giving you the advantage of offsite encrypted storage for your most critical data.

Data recovery

Depending on the type and relevance of your backups, data recovery can range from the instantaneous to a lengthy and costly process. Worst case scenarios, where backups are not available and storage media has failed, can often only be partially recovered if at all.