As data backup and loss stories of complete horror continue to unfold, Carbonite continues leading the way with secure, online data protection
that will only cost you mere pennies a day, compared to losing irreplaceable files containing invaluable data.
Ireland’s Paul Barry, an IT specialist, had a data backup nightmare tale. It went something like this:
Like a lot of people, Paul’s professional career started out in technical support. In his case, he was part of a help-desk team for a large professional practice. Among other things, they were responsible for performing PC LAN backups for a number of systems used by other departments. For one especially important system, they acquired fancy new tape-backup equipment and a large collection of tapes. A procedure was put in place, and before-you-go-home-at-night backups became a standard. Some months later, a crash brought down the system, and all the data was lost. Shortly thereafter, a call came in for the latest backup tape. It was located and dispatched, and a recovery was attempted. The recovery failed, however, as the tape was blank. A call came in for the next-to-last backup tape. Nervously, it was located and dispatched, and a recovery was attempted. It also failed because this tape also was blank. Amid long silences and pink-slip glares, panic started to set in as the tape from three nights prior was called up. This attempt resulted in a lot of shouting.
All the tapes were then checked, and they were all blank. To add insult to injury, the problem wasn’t only that the tapes were blank–they weren’t even formatted! The fancy new backup equipment wasn’t smart enough to realize the tapes were not formatted, so it allowed them to be used. (Note: writing good data to an unformatted tape is never a good idea.)
And that’s Paul’s horror story — or, one of them, rather. If you have any of your own, please contact Carbonite, and they can get you set up with data protection that offers a 15 Petabyte, storage capacity, providing internet and computer users an indispensable service, at the bargain rate of only pennies a day. They also offer a 15-day free trial, which will give you a nice introduction to their services.
Once a relatively small Carbonite data backup program is set up on your computer, it requires little ongoing work on behalf of the user. It reads and stores your data as long as you’re online, and users can also log on to the Carbonite site and access their files whenever they want.
All you need is love. And Carbonite.
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