josh Van
Data backup is an essential part of project management that project managers have to take into account. Data backups provide a way for the data to be recovered in case of disaster, and it helps ensure that projects don’t suffer unplanned losses or delays.
Data backup is a copy of original data that is stored independently from the environment used for development. When original data is lost, a backup can be used for recovery. Independence and recoverability are the key features of backups and how they are used to protect data and process continuity.
Regardless of the field, a modern development project can involve dozens of team members working with complex infrastructures and data storage locations. Data generation, processing, accumulation and recording are key for a project to run stably and complete successfully. Therefore, when setting up backup workflows, a team might need to implement.
A backup storage is where you store that data copy. Therefore, choose that storage in advance based on your requirements, RPOs and RTOs. Then, dedicate storage for backups and ensure 24/7 access to it. That is necessary to organize stable backup and timely recovery.
In case your team has sufficient capacity of local storage, you can use that unused volume for backups. USB drives can serve as an alternative here. In general, local storage is convenient and doesn’t require involving network resources in backup and recovery processes, hence helping you to avoid one of the possible process bottlenecks.
This storage option is among the most widely used to back up projects and organizations’ infrastructures. Here, you use a NAS (network attached storage), SAN (storage area network) or a regular network share to have a centralized space where the backups are kept. In this case, recovering a file, a system, or even a large database after an incident becomes simpler, faster and more convenient.
Using cloud storage can serve as a contemporary alternative to tape backups. Everything is simple here: you find a suitable cloud storage vendor, rent storage space in their data center and send your backup copies there.
With cloud storage, you don’t need specific equipment to run backups and you don’t need real estate to use as a tape warehouse. Additionally, there is no need to spend time and effort to deliver tapes to and from that distant location whenever necessary.
