Traditional online data backup Solutions
With advancement of internet and high penetration rates of internet, people and organizations have started embracing online backup solutions.
However, most popular online backup solutions are the non-conventional (traditional backup solutions) including
Email as a backup solution
A lot of people use email for back up of files and data. Whenever people with access to internet want to store a backup copy – there is a popular culture of emailing oneself – using one email to email to the other email or just storing it as a draft email.
This is particularly popular with small files less than 50 MB and among generations y and z who have grew up with internet services.
Advantages of using Email to back up data
- Remote access –can access your data anywhere anytime.
- Secure – data cannot be easily exposed to unauthorized access since emails are usually safe.
- Ease of sharing files to others
Disadvantages of using Email to back up data
- Applicable for small files
- Applicable for selected file types – depending on files types allowed by the email service.
Online Backup server as a Backup Solution
Backup server is popular with organization who use a server to back up their data. It’s basically a large NAS but also available remotely. This could be expensive and may require maintenance and administration service just like any other online server.
Order a backup server at Cloudpap today – though this is not our recommended backup solution
Advantages of using an online server as a backup solution
- Allow remote access
- Allow multiple devices backing up to the same device
- Allow multiple user access and possible authorization before access
- Allow storage of huge volumes of data
- Allow storage of any file format /type
- Allow scheduled automated backup
Disadvantages of using an online server as a backup solution
- It’s expensive
- It require technical support and management
Hosting account as a Backup Solution
It’s a form of shared backup server, where users acquire a hosting account that is relative cheap and use it for data backup purposes. Try out Truehost Cloud – reliable servers and good storage space.
Advantages of using Hosting Account for data backup
- Allow remote access
- Allow multiple devices backing up to the same device
- Allow multiple user access and possible authorization before access
- Allow scheduled automated backup
- Relatively Cheap
Disadvantages of using Hosting Account for data backup
- Doesn’t allow storage of any file format /type – some hosting company may restrict files types accepted to their servers
- May not be ideal for large volumes of data – since hosting accounts have storage limits.
- Some host company don’t provide data redundancy and there possible server failure may lead to backup loss