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Backup/Restore

Data backup/restore initiatives are crucial for every organization. Whether to meet legal requirements, or to simply ensure your company's operational health, sound data backup/restore solutions should be a key component of your organization's data management best practices.

Data Backup

In its simplest form, data backup creates a copy of information and saves it to a different server. Tape autoloaders, virtual tape libraries, or offsite electronic vaults are all excellent data backup repositories.

Regular or periodic data backups are essential to protect against any unforeseen event that could result in permanent data loss such as:

• Application or system corruption
• Data file corruption
• Hardware failure
• Intentional damage caused by viruses or hackers
• Natural disasters such as fires, power outages, or other catastrophes

Fortunately, solid data backup solutions such as tape storage can be extremely affordable. GreenPages partners with today's leading data backup manufacturers to help companies choose and implement the best data backup solution--minimizing the negative impact of a server crash, database corruption, or any other form of data loss.

Data Restoration

In the event of a system failure, it's crucial that companies be able to quickly and easily retrieve data. In data restoration, data is retrieved from a backup or data archive. A data restore involves uploading specified files and databases from a backup server to a functional system. If the original data is damaged (due to virus infection for example) it is first copied to non-volatile disk or tape media before data restoration.

Because data loss can be so expensive, GreenPages helps companies preempt contingency situations by designing and implementing sound data restoration initiatives that ensure data security, availability, and integrity.