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Data Storage Using Onsite and Offsite For Business: Student's Names: Maya Angelika S. Sales Keith Ivo Busaco

The document discusses the benefits and disadvantages of various data storage options for businesses including onsite storage, offsite storage, cloud storage, external hard drives, and portable storage devices. It recommends adopting both onsite and offsite backup solutions to have the most secure system with reduced likelihood of all data being lost. The key aspects of each option are compared to help businesses choose the best approach for their data storage needs.

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Data Storage Using Onsite and Offsite For Business: Student's Names: Maya Angelika S. Sales Keith Ivo Busaco

The document discusses the benefits and disadvantages of various data storage options for businesses including onsite storage, offsite storage, cloud storage, external hard drives, and portable storage devices. It recommends adopting both onsite and offsite backup solutions to have the most secure system with reduced likelihood of all data being lost. The key aspects of each option are compared to help businesses choose the best approach for their data storage needs.

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Student’s Names:

Maya Angelika S. Sales

Keith Ivo Busaco

Instructor’s Name:

Anthony Bryll Nosotros

Data Storage using onsite and offsite


for Business

Introduction

In the world of business today, technology has been more important. Since
we just started to have a small business, this is the beginning to have a
technology set up. Every business understands the importance of backing up
important company data. No matter how efficient a computer system appears to
be, there is always the possibility of a malfunction wiping out valuable data. For
this reason, many companies have set up backup systems, designed to recover
lost data. There are both onsite and offsite backup options, and both have certain
advantages and disadvantages. Onsite storage has some advantages over offsite
storage, including: immediate access to data, less expensive and Internet access
not needed. While Offsite storage has some advantages over onsite storage,
including, access to data from any location via Internet or FTP, data will be
preserved in the event of an event taking place within the business backup data
can be shared with a number of different remote locations.
Then again, just as onsite data backup has some disadvantages, the same
holds true for offsite storage. For one thing, since the data is stored offsite, it can
be tricky to access the data when it is needed. For example, some of the offsite
data servers will be routinely taken offline in order to perform preventive
maintenance. During that time period, access to the offsite data will either be
severely limited or completely cut off. In most cases, clients who use offsite
storage are given plenty of notice when a site is going down for maintenance or
repair.

Benefits and downfalls of Cloud storage


These days, small businesses increasingly need access to their data on the
go, with no overhead for storage maintenance and no hardware maintenance
costs. Cloud storage provides an efficient solution and is rapidly gaining in
popularity. It helps businesses with major data storage needs to save a significant
amount of space and money by eliminating the need for data storage
infrastructure on the business premises. The cloud storage provider owns and
maintains all the necessary hardware and software so the cloud users don’t have
to. Purchasing ongoing cloud storage may cost more in the long run, but it can be
significantly less expensive upfront. Further, businesses can almost instantly scale
up or down how much cloud storage they have access to as their storage needs
change. The cloud also enables employees to collaborate with colleagues and
work remotely and outside of regular business hours while facilitating smooth
document collaboration by allowing authorized employees easy access to the
most updated version of a file. Using the cloud to store files can also have a
positive effect on the environment since it cuts down energy consumption.

However, cloud storage is dependent on having an internet connection. If


you are on a slow network you may have issues accessing your storage. In the
event you find yourself somewhere without internet, you won't be able to access
your files. There are additional costs for uploading and downloading files from the
cloud. These can quickly add up if you are trying to access lots of files often. Cloud
storage is supposed to eliminate our dependency on hard drives right? Well some
business cloud storage providers require physical hard drives as well. Support for
cloud storage isn't the best, especially if you are using a free version of a cloud
provider. Many providers refer you to a knowledge base or FAQs. When you use a
cloud provider, your data is no longer on your physical storage. So who is
responsible for making sure that data is secure? That's a gray area that is still
being figured out.

Benefits and downfalls of External hard drives


If you use an external drive your life won't fall apart when your hard drive
dies. Remember when the drive in your computer dies, you can't use the
computer, but if your external drive dies, you'll still be able to use your computer.
Furthermore, getting your external drive repaired might take less time and cost
less than repairing the internal drive on your computer. Also, using an external
drive as your main drive can save wear and tear on your internal drive, and, thus,
help it last longer. As you can see, there are good reasons to use an external hard
drive. Just decide on how much storage space you need, how much portability
you want from an external drive and how much you want to spend, and you'll be
able to find the drive that's best for you.

External drives are excellent destination for backing up files but this only
truly safeguards your data if the files are initially saved to an internal drive and
then backed up to external. If the internal become the default place for the files
to be saved to, the data is not being backed up, it is simply being saved to the
destination where it more likely to be lost.

Benefits and downfalls of Portable storage devices

A portable hard drive allows users to back up all their files. If a computer
needs to have its hard drive reformatted, a portable hard drive has much more
efficient capability for backing up files as opposed to lower capacity DVDs or CD-
Rs. Many of these drives come with automatic synchronizing and backup software
as well. For example, Western Digital has a feature called WD Sync, which allows
the user the option of making sure he has the most current version of data from a
drive. Because of the prevalence of Internet viruses, hackers and worms, many
users are wary of relying solely on their internal hard drive. Portable hard drives
allow users to back up or store their files away from the main internal hard drive,
secure from compromise by online or offline activities. When online, users can
even choose to leave the external drive turned off.

However, it requires special drives to read/write. Does not provide enough


data storage in comparison to other storage technologies and it is expensive per
GB/TB in comparison to other technologies including disruptive formats that offer
convenience over cost.

Recommendations
When it comes to making a choice between onsite and offsite backup
options, it is usually a matter of preference. Me and Keith prefer being able to
monitor and keep track of our valuable data, and will often use onsite protection
and will choose to allow offsite servers to maintain the data, until such time as it
is needed. Then again, if we wish to have the most secure system with the lowest
likelihood of having all data lost, it is possible to adopt an onsite-offsite solution.
By having both onsite and offsite backup used in conjunction with each other, a
problem in one side of the equation can be offset by recovery from the other side.

Conclusion
There are advantages and disadvantages to any data storage option. Being
aware of the pros and cons and knowing which method is best for a particular
scenario or employee will help you to become a better consumer as well as a
better computer user.

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