Backing up your Data

Over the past few years, backing up important files has become paramount for corporations as much as the home user. One only has to lose one set of important pictures to realise how necessary it is to provide a backup solution for your irreplaceable files and folders.

While there are many options for back up, one of the simplest ones is Network Attached Storage, or NAS drives. These provide a place on your own network to back files up to, without the need to pay a company to do it for you. It has the advantage that should any of your computers decide to kick the bucket, your most important files will be protected.

There are many places to pick up such a data protection asset, there is NAS Storage at Misco which will do the job for most people. However, this is just one stage of data protection that should be taken by people. We would also heartily recommend a remote backup service as well, as with these two solutions combined, no matter what happens, your most important data will be safe forever. This covers the eventuality of hardware failure, fires, earthquakes, your remote service shutting down; literally whatever happens you have a backup solution for it.

There are several options for different NAS storage devices, including RAID setups that further increase security by covering drive failure issues, though of course these drives do tend to be that bit more expensive. If you can afford it, it is well worth it.

The final stage in protecting your data would be to have shock protection between your power sockets and the NAS drive to guarantee it cannot be damaged by freak power spikes.

With all these steps in place, your data should be well protected.