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Continuous Data Protection Considerations |
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Every business needs continuous data protection. Are you protecting your small business from the likes of theft, natural disasters, and other forms of data loss? If not, you should consider continuous data protection from Armor Data Systems.
Continuous data protection works for you and your company. It provides you with an automatic backup copy of every file your company has stored in its computers. Continuous data protection works by saving a backup files for the data every time the data is changed and saved. It saves all previous versions of the data files as well. This can make or break a company when thieves and hackers get their hands on your company’s personal data. And for data loss, you can run through the previous versions of your data and restore the data at any point in time that you need to do so. The reason that all small businesses should invest in continuous data protection is not just because of the risk of theft. There are also instances where data loss cannot be avoided, such as when a natural disaster occurs or an equipment malfunction. A business who has continuous data protection will be able to survive the situation because the data is stored in a separate location. A business without continuous data protection might not survive, if the data loss was heavy enough. The important thing about continuous data protection is that you may not have as big of a file to store with a data storage company as you thought. Many times continuous data protection takes up less disk space than traditional forms of backup. Continuous data protection does not necessarily store every version of a file—it stores the change to the original file, which cuts down on the size of the future files that come after the original. This is the reason that it is so easy to restore a file to a specific point in time. And continuous protection means that you can recover your data from any point in time—unlike near continuous, where you will only be able to restore your files from a one hour or twenty-four hour point in time. This is not helpful for every business, so you will want to make sure that the company provides continuous data protection for your business. |