{"id":1479,"date":"2013-11-09T11:46:24","date_gmt":"2013-11-09T11:46:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kb.esds.co.in\/?p=1479"},"modified":"2017-11-30T06:26:57","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T06:26:57","slug":"benefits-of-cloud-backup-and-how-it-is-safer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/kb\/benefits-of-cloud-backup-and-how-it-is-safer\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefits of Cloud Backup and How it is Safer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Cloud-backup-benefits.jpg\" alt=\"Cloud computing concept\" width=\"675\" height=\"331\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The growth of e-commerce and use of internet for carrying out business has fueled the big data revolution. The rate of data generation has increased greatly and the need to protect and backup data is being felt more than ever. While there are many organizations that do not backup data on a day to data basis and those who do use backup methods which are not sufficient for today\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n<p>There are many types of backup solutions available such as <strong>cloud backup<\/strong> and remote backup. However, the kind of backup you need would be largely dependent upon your business needs and objectives. Each backup option has its own set of advantages. The benefits of various backup services are as follows:<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_77 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/kb\/benefits-of-cloud-backup-and-how-it-is-safer\/#Cloud_Backup\" >Cloud Backup<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/kb\/benefits-of-cloud-backup-and-how-it-is-safer\/#1_Various_backup_levels\" >1. Various backup levels<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/kb\/benefits-of-cloud-backup-and-how-it-is-safer\/#2_Scheduled_Backups\" >2. Scheduled Backups<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/kb\/benefits-of-cloud-backup-and-how-it-is-safer\/#3_Security\" >3. Security<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/kb\/benefits-of-cloud-backup-and-how-it-is-safer\/#4_Compressed_backups\" >4. Compressed backups<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/kb\/benefits-of-cloud-backup-and-how-it-is-safer\/#Remote_Backups\" >Remote Backups<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cloud_Backup\"><\/span><strong>Cloud Backup<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The use of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/enlight-cloud-hosting\"><strong>cloud computing<\/strong><\/a> services is on the rise and using a <strong>cloud backup<\/strong> service is a sensible choice for managing your data. Cloud backup would be better aligned with your cloud storage and would also provide various other benefits such as:<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1_Various_backup_levels\"><\/span><strong>1. Various backup levels<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Cloud backup<\/strong> allows the flexibility of choosing the kind of backup you want to take such as complete or incremental. Hence, after an initial full backup you can schedule incremental backups which would only back up those files which are modified or changed. This reduces the cost of backups as well as the time and resources utilized for backing up the data.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2_Scheduled_Backups\"><\/span><strong>2. Scheduled Backups<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>If you want the backups to run on a particular time and do not want it to interfere with your day to day tasks then you even schedule the backup task to your liking. The backups can also be synched to your <strong>cloud server<\/strong> to automatically backup data.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3_Security\"><\/span><strong>3. Security<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The security of your data is essential and <strong>data security<\/strong> is managed effectively in a cloud environment. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/our-datacenter\"><strong>Cloud service providers<\/strong><\/a> use the necessary measures to protect your data. There is usually up to 256 bit encryption for securely backing up data.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4_Compressed_backups\"><\/span><strong>4. Compressed backups<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>While taking backups most of <strong>cloud backup provider\u2019s<\/strong> use block level compression which allows compression of the data. This reduces the space taken by the backups thus providing additional savings. This could potentially reduce your backup costs by 10-20 times.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Remote_Backups\"><\/span><strong>Remote Backups<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>A remote backup is one where the backup is taken on remote locations which are away from your existing server location. So in case there is a disaster in your region your data would be safe in the other region. This provides <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esds.co.in\/disaster-recovery-hosting\"><strong>disaster recovery<\/strong><\/a> so your business can function effectively in such times. There various cloud backup providers which also offer remote backups on cloud which would protect your data in an event of disaster.<\/p>\n<p>The above mentioned benefits make <strong>cloud backups<\/strong> a much better and safer solution for the data backup needs of the businesses as well as individuals and should be considered as a the ideal backup solution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The growth of e-commerce and use of internet for carrying out business has fueled the big data revolution. The rate of data generation has increased greatly and the need to protect and backup data is being felt more than ever. 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