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System Maintenance & Backup
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 In a small business environment, the free backup software that comes with Windows is not enough to protect you from issues like a full server crash. While the free Windows utility only backs up data, a product like Retrospect can rebuild the entire Windows operating system as well as the data. EMC Retrospect 7.5 is more than powerful enough for small to mid-sized businesses, but not so complex to setup (as for exampleVeritas, a good but very involved product). When I say ‘not so complex’ this is a relative term, but working with EMC tech support or a professional IT firm are the best ways to go. They can help you pick the correct backup hardware solutions such as tape, removable hard drive, or even an external hard drive as pictured above.
Why does everyone quote one of their parents as saying ‘An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure?’ Because it is TRUE. And in this context, painfully true. Losing laptops, crashing hard drives or losing key data can cost you thousands upon thousands on top of days of lost productivity and in extreme cases, loss of the entire business.
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