BDR is the Best Way to Protect Your Data

Data backup is an imperative aspect of any business endeavor; if you don’t have one all of your hard work could be lost in a second. It’s not pleasant to think about, but your organization's infrastructure could be put at risk of sudden annihilation. With so much at stake, what is the best way to approach managing your data? There are a lot of options out there, but there is only one that will allow your business to get back in action following a data loss incident.

The traditional tape backup that most businesses still rely on were once the gold standard of data backup and disaster recovery. Organizations would store data on magnetic tape reels and keep them stored on-site in the event of a disaster. The problem with this method is that it takes up a lot of time, it's unreliable, and it's prone to user error, all traits that you don’t want to deal with when your organization's future is at stake.

The biggest problem with tape backup is that it isn’t automatic. Your employees would have to set a new tape every evening after hours to run the backup. Of course, this brings with it many other issues. Since employees are the ones doing it rather than an automated system, there is significantly more room for user error. All it takes is someone not setting the tape as needed to lose an entire day’s worth of progress. You don’t need us to tell you that this is a problem, especially if there are high-profile projects being worked on daily.

Another reason why tape backup is not the best way to secure your assets is because it is limited in its capacity for data storage. Due to how resource-intensive tape backups can be, they usually only happen once at the end of the day, after all operations have ceased. This means that up to 24 hours of data could be lost in a second. This might not seem like a big deal, but a lot can happen in one day. Additionally, tape backups can be destroyed by a fire or flood or any situation that works to destroy your computing infrastructure. They need to be stored in a secure off-site location where they can be restored quickly in the event of such a disaster.

All of these problems are alleviated by working with a data backup and disaster recovery solution (BDR) from Macro Systems. Thanks to cloud technology, we can augment your organization's survivability with comprehensive and redundant data backup solutions designed to limit downtime and data loss. Our network-attached BDR solution can take backups as often as every fifteen minutes so that you reduce the amount of data you lose, while having solutions in place to ensure that no matter what your organization’s status, your up-to-date data is available for restoration quickly.

To get started with our powerful data backup and disaster recovery service, call Macro Systems today at 703-359-9211.