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| * Ideally, one backup should be kept in a different location, in case of fire, flooding, burglary and so on | * Ideally, one backup should be kept in a different location, in case of fire, flooding, burglary and so on | ||
| + | There are basically two different ways of backup up: the cloud and local devices. The two can be combined easily. | ||
| ===== Backups to the cloud ===== | ===== Backups to the cloud ===== | ||
| The most popular way of backing up at the moment is to back things up to the " | The most popular way of backing up at the moment is to back things up to the " | ||
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| * Large centres with many full-timers | * Large centres with many full-timers | ||
| + | ==== Examples of solutions ==== | ||
| + | * Custom build but highly flexible Network Attached Storage (NAS) like QNAP or Synology (more expensive, but easier) | ||
| + | * Own server (cheaper but more difficult to manage) | ||
| + | * Portable hard drive (not recommended) | ||
| + | Ideally, one server/NAS should be set up in the office, and another in a different location. The second location can be anywhere with a high bandwidth internet connection. | ||
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| + | ===== What to backup? ===== | ||
| + | The most obvious thing to backup is files that are not already on an online service: | ||
| + | * Documents | ||
| + | * Photos | ||
| + | * Videos | ||
| + | * Emails | ||
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| + | The less obvious things to backup is online service: | ||
| + | * Gmail, Outlook, Hotmail, YahooMail etc | ||
| + | * Youtube, Flickr etc | ||
| + | These are are necessary to backup in case the accounts get closed down by the provider. | ||
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| + | Specific instructions: | ||
| + | * [[security: | ||