Sure, you know all about how important it is to back up your files. After all, your business relies on the data you have on your computer. That's why you have a tape drive, piles of floppies, a CD-writer, and hundreds of dollars worth of zip disks. Pretty proud of yourself, aren't you? And rightfully so. But...

Unless you work in a big data center, your backups are only partial measures.

Hmm. You're probably starting to think about how smart you'd be to have a remote backup, and you are right! The problem with remote backup is the cost. It's always been so expensive--but my, how things change!

How To Build Your Own Data Center

1. Erect a structure with thick cement walls and bullet-proof glass
2. Build a moat around it.
3. Install vehicle traps around it.
4. Hire security guards.
5. Install an expensive lightning protection and grounding system.
6. Install backup diesel generators and pay someone to test and maintain both the generators and the fuel.
7. Conduct regular fire drills and maintain your fire protection system.

Today, you can back up your system for free. Well, you can do that on an introductory basis. Then you pay a nominal fee. You'll go from losing sleep over potential data loss to losing sleep over the guilt of getting so much for so little, but which way would you  rather have it?

Here's a good way to ensure you have a solid backup plan:

1. Back up your most critical files locally, whenever you change them, using a single medium that you keep writing over.
2. Back up all your important files to 3 media, marked A, B, and C. Rotate, so you have copies going three generations back.
3. Sign up for a remote backup service.
4. As an alternative to #3, create your own data center. See the sidebar to understand how to do this.

Why remote backups?

1. It works automatically every day.
2. You don't need extra hardware or devices.
3. You don't need to remember to backup.
4. You always know where your backup files are.
5. @ Backup is Y2K compliant!
6. It's easy to restore files.
7. You can use it while you travel.
8. It's inexpensive.

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