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backup storage media  Best practice guide for business backups
Setting up a backup system is an essential task for any
business, but it can also seem a complicated process as a full-
proof system relies upon more than one technique. That way the
weaknesses of one backup system can be offset by the
complementary strengths of another.  A RAID (redundant array of
independent or inexpensive drives) setup of internal hard drives
can update a data backup in a split second. Unfortunately, it
does not safeguard against the accidental deletion of data or
the total destruction of a computer.  In this feature I'll look
at backups that use removable storage media and discuss backup
rotation and off-site storage.  Backups involving removable
storage media are more time-consuming to perform than using
RAID, taking up to several hours. However, daily backups can
help recover accidentally deleted files that are more than a day
old. And off-site storage of your backu