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According to Wikipedia a remote, online, or managed backup service is a service that provides users with an online system for backing up and storing computer files.
What are the advantages of online or remote backup?
Online backup has many advantages over tradional backup methods;
- Remote backup does not require user intervention. The user does
not have to change tapes, label CDs or perform other manual steps
- Online backup maintains data offsite. Perhaps the most important
aspect of backing up is that backups are stored in a different location
from the original data. Traditional backup requires manually taking the
backup media offsite
- Your data is stored in an encrpted format that can only be accessed by you
- Data storage abroad could be an advantage too
- Some remote backup services will work continuously, backing up files as they are changed
- Most remote backup services will maintain a list of versions of your files
- Most remote backup services will use a 128-bit encryption and sent shrinked data packages via a https connection.
What are the disadvantages of online or remote backup?
Remote backup has some disadvantages:
- Depending on the available network bandwidth, the restoration of data can be slow. Because data is stored offsite, the data must be recovered either via the Internet or via tape or disk shipped from the online backup service provider
- If encryption password is lost, no more data recovery will be possible
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