Data, data, and data.
The world runs on data. Your business runs on data. Most businesses cannot operate for long without data, both current and historical.
Data backup is critical. System backup is critical. Hardware redundancy is critical.
The Cloud
Cloud storage is one way of avoiding physical jeopardy to your data collections.
Downside, you need functioning Internet service to access the cloud, which may not be available immediately after a disaster.
Hardware Storage
Before the cloud physical backup (often tape) was a daily occurrence.
Now many skip that step.
Given the low cost of massive (terabyte level) storage, keeping some periodic data backup on a hard drive may be valuable.
Hardware Backup
A flood just destroyed all of your hardware.
Consider keeping a laptop, loaded with your primary software packages, at a remote location and off of the network.
At least there is one machine that can be used to communicate with the outside world while other services are restored.
A large portable battery pack, always kept charged, can run a laptop for quite a while (small portable charger packs will do smart phones, but not a laptop).
Where to Back Up
If your home is in the same danger zone as your business, that will not work.
Find a place that would not be subject to the same flood or brush fire as your business.
Offsite backups are a very important tool that is often not utilized enough or implemented properly and in these disaster or data corruption situations. it is a common regret of not being used properly.
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