5 Essential Features For Your Data Backup Solution:
1. Proof of Backup
An intelligent business continuity service should automate the process of verifying the integrity of backups and ensure that they are bootable. You should be able to review an audit trail of successful backups at any time.
2. Image-Based Backup
With image-based backup users no longer need to pick and choose which files are backed up or worry about saving the most recent draft to the shared/backup folder. By capturing images of a computer at a given point in time, image-based backup makes it possible to recover that machine to its last good working state, no matter what may have gone wrong in the meantime.
3. Integrity Checks
Backups that are corrupted or infected with ransomware are rendered useless for purposes of restoration. All data should be screened for ransomware and other forms of malicious software.
4. Virtualization
Virtualization is the process of creating a hardware-independent version of a system or application that can be moved, copied, backed up, and restored. This feature keeps businesses functioning when the physical devices fail, minimizing downtime.
5. Secure Storage
Keeping your data secure, whether it be personal or business, is hugely important when selecting a backup solution. Natural disasters can wipe out entire facilities, so it is important to choose a provider with multiple, geographically separated data centers.
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