Data backup is the process of replicating files to be stored at a designated location. Disaster recovery is a system that helps restore those files after a vulnerability has been exploited.
Backup and Recovery are two different concepts, but companies should always run them coherently. You can have data backup without a disaster recovery plan, but not the other way around. If there is no data saved, there is nothing to recover.
Cloud backup and recovery is a service that will take care of copying and archiving files of the client on a remote server. The data is transmitted over a secure network to the cloud-based server. The cloud-based disaster recovery on the other hand, is an infrastructure
as a service, which backs up the data on a remote server. It is recommended that you choose IaaS providers rather than
rely on generic solutions to handle your data.
Both data backup and recovery have the same goal, and that is to ensure business longevity. There are four standard types of backup: full, incremental, differential, and mirror. A full backup is the broadest, but it is also the slowest in terms of the backup time. Service providers typically recommend that organisations employ incremental backup in their systems. Disaster recovery also employs several methods. Among the examples are RAID, hard drive, removable, optical, digital, and tape. The method used will depend upon the problem at hand.
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