Backup Services
When was the last time you tested your backup restore process?
Most people know they should have a backup, and many believe they already do. The problem is that a backup can run quietly for months while becoming outdated, incomplete, or incapable of restoring what you actually need. At Patriot Computer Solutions, we believe a backup is only successful when the information can actually be recovered after something goes wrong.
Your data is often more valuable than the computer itself. Documents, photographs, accounting information, business records, email, customer information, and years of accumulated work may be impossible to recreate. But protecting files alone doesn’t necessarily restore a working computer. PCS can design backup solutions that protect much more of the computing environment.
A comprehensive backup strategy can protect:
- Important documents, pictures and business data
- Windows and the operating system environment
- Installed programs and applications
- User accounts, desktop configuration and settings
- Complete system images for recovery to a replacement drive
- Multiple generations of backups rather than a single copy
Redundancy is another important part of the PCS approach. A backup stored beside the computer can be vulnerable to the same theft, fire, electrical event, hardware failure, or other disaster affecting the original system. Depending upon the customer’s requirements, backup protection can combine local or network storage with additional off-site or cloud-based copies.
For businesses and multi-computer environments, network attached storage can provide centralized protection while automated backup schedules and multiple recovery points help protect against both sudden failures and problems that may not be discovered immediately. Security and access controls also help prevent unauthorized users from altering or destroying protected information.
Managed backup is different from simply installing backup software and assuming it will continue working forever. PCS focuses on the entire recovery process:
- Is the backup actually running?
- Is it current and complete?
- Are enough recovery points being retained?
- Is there another protected copy if the primary backup is lost?
- Can the system or data actually be restored when it is needed?
When a hard drive or SSD fails, a properly maintained system image can dramatically reduce the work required to recover the computer. Instead of rebuilding everything from the beginning, the objective is to restore the operating environment, applications, settings, and data to replacement storage and return the computer to productive use as efficiently as practical.
PCS provides managed backup solutions for homes and businesses throughout Roseville, Rocklin, Lincoln, Granite Bay, and surrounding communities. Whether protecting one important computer or an entire small-business environment, our philosophy remains the same: the time to discover that a backup doesn’t work is not after the original data has already been lost.