How Managed Cloud Services Help in Data Backup

by Sam Oak IT Service Management

How important is the data stored in your PC or laptop? If your computer’s hard drive crashes, will you be able to do without all the data that was stored in your computer? Will you be able to complete the project without all the work backup? Or will you be able to make payment or sent invoices to your clients without the records? Or will you be able to bring back the precious moments whose photographs you have lost? Whether you care about it or not, your business as well as your life revolves around the data stored in your computer. However, not many people take adequate steps to protect and backup the data.

Our generation is creating huge amount of digital content in the form of photos, videos, documents, presentations and much more. All these data is just a hard drive crash away from eradication. It is a natural human tendency to believe that worst will never happen to them. However, data loss can happen to anyone, any moment. It might take a moment and before you could do anything, you could be a victim of a fire or flood or simply of unintentional deletion of data.

Luckily, backing up your important data is easier than ever before. Thanks to easy and quick data backup solutions with managed cloud services.

How Managed Cloud Services is used for Data Backup

Cloud backup services also known as online backup is a process of backing up data by sending a copy of the data to an off-site server through a public network. This way, your data stays protected even when your local disk crashes, get stolen or your premises is hit by a disaster. In case of managed cloud services the server is hosted by the managed service providers. Managed service providers usually provide a number of data backup plans and you can choose one based on the number of users, bandwidth, and data backup capacity you need.

While taking online backup of data sound like a simple thing, regularly uploading data to an offline server needs a lots of factors and features to be taken into consideration. There are many questions like can you upload a new file immediately? Can you backup a file even when it is open? Is there a software for restoring the data? How can you access the data when the server is down? And most importantly how much will backup with cloud computing cost?

It is difficult for a small and medium sized business to manage the cost and hassle of having a private cloud computing server. Therefore, it makes sense to avail services from a managed cloud service provider. While they will take care of all the above questions for you, you have the added advantage of choosing a flexible plan based on your budget and requirements.

Benefits of Data Backup with Managed Cloud Services

· When you store data using cloud computing, it is redundantly copied to other servers in multiple locations. That means when one server goes down, you can retrieve your data from elsewhere on the backup network.

· Security of your data is important and in case of managed cloud services, a software program encrypts your data before sending it to the server. It is not easy for hackers and internet thieves to intercept it.

· One of the major reasons of a system crash is virus attack. A cloud backup service checks for virus before a data is sent. In case a virus is found, the file is flagged and is not sent to the server. The software notifies you about the infection and also it will remove or repair the corrupted file ensuring that you do not lose any data from your computer.

· In case of a disaster, your IT managed service provider can immediately provide you the lost data. You need not wait for the server to be restored or data to be recovered from a backup facility.

Backing up data is crucial. And with easy and affordable options like online data backup with cloud computing, there is excuse for losing your precious data.