{"id":2567,"date":"2018-04-13T12:50:51","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T16:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/?p=2567"},"modified":"2018-04-13T12:51:06","modified_gmt":"2018-04-13T16:51:06","slug":"three-fundamental-backup-best-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/three-fundamental-backup-best-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Fundamental Backup Best Practices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2568\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/files\/2018\/04\/Three-Fundamental-Backup-Best-Practices.jpg\" alt=\"Three Fundamental Backup Best Practices\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/files\/2018\/04\/Three-Fundamental-Backup-Best-Practices.jpg 800w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/files\/2018\/04\/Three-Fundamental-Backup-Best-Practices-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/files\/2018\/04\/Three-Fundamental-Backup-Best-Practices-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/files\/2018\/04\/Three-Fundamental-Backup-Best-Practices-540x270.jpg 540w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/files\/2018\/04\/Three-Fundamental-Backup-Best-Practices-162x81.jpg 162w, https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/files\/2018\/04\/Three-Fundamental-Backup-Best-Practices-360x180.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>Without proper backup practices, an organization cannot ensure the safety of its data. A lack of proper backup strategies leads to data loss, financial loss, and a lack of credibility from users in the event of a disaster. To succeed, businesses must avoid such catastrophes. We\u2019ve put together a list of three fundamental backup best practices to assist in ensuring data protection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><div class=\"widget\"><div class=\"aside-card\">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><a class=\"speedbump-1\" href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/get-a-free-backup-and-disaster-recovery-buyers-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1682\" title=\"Data Protection Vendor Map\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/files\/2021\/05\/21_BUDR_SB_BG_Blue_800.gif\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>Plan Backup Early<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Often, traditional backup is used as the last resort for data recovery in many environments. However, backup is more strategic than that. In terms of data protection, backup falls into line with components such as snapshots, mirrors, and replication. Backup is integral to the process of recovery and restoration and should, therefore, be treated as an essential part of storage and protection plans from the beginning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>Create a Lifecycle Operations Calendar<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In order to organize the process of backing up data, organizations would benefit from the use of a lifecycle operations calendar. Certain tasks have to be performed periodically and correctly every day for backup operations to run smoothly. Other tasks don\u2019t have to be completed as frequently, but they are just as vital as the daily tasks. For this reason, establishing a lifecycle operations calendar is a way to make sure all tasks are completed on time and none are forgotten.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><b>Review Backup Logs Daily<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While reviewing backup logs every day is time-consuming and tedious, it is a very beneficial practice. In doing so, you will gain an understanding of what standard logs look like, and then have the ability to detect any abnormalities, should they occur. Anomalies in backup logs can be indications of cyber attack attempts. In having an awareness of this, organizations will be able to act against attacks sooner than they would have been able to otherwise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In implementing these relatively simple practices, organizations will improve their backup operations. The backup process will be more consistent, and those managing it will have a better awareness of it overall.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"hr hr\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><div class=\"widget\"><div class=\"aside-card\">\t\t\t<div class=\"textwidget\"><p><a class=\"speedbump-3\" href=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/data-protection-vendor-map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1682\" title=\"Data Protection Vendor Map\" src=\"https:\/\/solutionsreview.com\/backup-disaster-recovery\/files\/2020\/02\/DP_VM_SB_800.jpg\" alt=\"Download Link to Data Protection Vendor Map\" width=\"800\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Without proper backup practices, an organization cannot ensure the safety of its data. A lack of proper backup strategies leads to data loss, financial loss, and a lack of credibility from users in the event of a disaster. To succeed, businesses must avoid such catastrophes. We\u2019ve put together a list of three fundamental backup best [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":2568,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[24,30],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Three Fundamental Backup Best Practices<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We\u2019ve put together a list of fundamental backup best practices to assist in ensuring data protection. 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