Data Backup. Plan it out "Information is eternal, computers are ephemeral, backup is the savior." William R. Stanek

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1 Data Backup What is important? Operating What you need to work every day Sensitive Regulated or personal information Archival Items not accessed frequently Personal Photos, documents, files Plan it out "Information is eternal, computers are ephemeral, backup is the savior." William R. Stanek 5 w s + Who, What, When, Where, Why, How Much Why? The average lifespan of a hard drive is 3 years What happens when Cover as many situations as you can. Mary is out --- Total Loss Fire Backup Plan For Your Backup A Daily backup procedure B Backup operator is out C What if it fails? D Disaster recovery Local Government Corporation Resource 2015 Data Backup Class Page 1

2 3-2-1 Backup 3 -- Copies of your data 2 -- Different formats 1 -- Of those copies off site World backup day March 31 st. Evolution of Backup How Much?? How much are you backing up? How long does it take to back up? How long would it take to restore it? How much is it costing to back up? Backup Destinations Pros Tapes - Holds a lot of data USB Flash drives - Easy to use, inexpensive Portable Hard Drives - Easy to use, lots of space Cloud - Happens continuously Backup Destinations Cons Tapes - Fragile, slow USB Flash drives - Can be Slow, Drive letter can change Portable Hard Drives - Can be damaged with a drop Cloud - Depends on internet connection SQL and.net All future LGC software is written with these tools, as well as most other software..net versions can cause issues SQL is backed up a different way Local Government Corporation Resource 2015 Data Backup Class Page 2

3 How Does SQL affect your backup? You can not run a live backup The data must be exported. Then backed up. Checking Your Backup What does the log say? Can you Say I have a good backup? Record when and who checks it Look for trends in your backup Restoring Data Have you verified a backup? Can you do a selective restore? How long does a restore take? Security How much security do you need? Physical Controlling Access Encryption AES, Serpent, Twofish, RSA, Elliptic Curve, Tiple DES What Is Next Everything in the cloud? Colocation backups SQL is here to stay It will always be evolving Local Government Corporation Resource 2015 Data Backup Class Page 3

4 Data Backup What is important? What is important? Operating What you need to work every day Sensitive Regulated or personal information Archival Items not accessed frequently Personal Photos, documents, files Plan it out "Information is eternal, computers are ephemeral, backup is the savior." William R. Stanek 1

5 5 w s + Who What When Where Why How Much Why? The average lifespan of a hard drive is 3 years What happens when Cover as many situations as you can. Mary is out --- Total Loss Fire 2

6 Backup Plan For Your Backup A Daily backup procedure B Backup operator is out C What if it fails? D Disaster recovery Backup 3 -- Copies of your data 2 -- Different formats 1 -- Of those copies off site World backup day March 31 st. Evolution of Backup 3

7 How Much?? How much are you backing up? How long does it take to back up? How long would it take to restore it? How much is it costing to back up? Backup Destinations Tapes USB Flash drives Portable Hard Drives SSD vs Spinning Hard Drive Cloud Backup Destinations Tapes USB Flash drives Portable Hard Drives Cloud Holds a lot of data Easy to use, inexpensive Easy to use, lots of space Happens continuously 4

8 Backup Destinations Tapes USB Flash drives Portable Hard Drives Cloud Fragile, slow Can be Slow, Drive letter can change Can be damaged with a drop Depends on internet connection SQL and.net All future LGC software is written with these tools, as well as most other software..net versions can cause issues SQL is backed up a different way How Does SQL affect your backup? You can not run a live backup The data must be exported. Then backed up. 5

9 Checking Your Backup What does the log say? Can you Say I have a good backup? Record when and who checks it Look for trends in your backup Restoring Data Have you verified a backup? Can you do a selective restore? How long does a restore take? Security How much security do you need? Physical Controlling Access Encryption AES, Serpent, Twofish, RSA, Elliptic Curve, Tiple DES 6

10 What Is Next Everything in the cloud? Colocation backups SQL is here to stay It will always be evolving 7