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dirtyknight71

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I have a small business and I need a backup solution for my system. We don't have a server but a workstation that stores all the data for the company's business software and quickbooks. I'm looking at getting some sort of backup because all we do now is write to a cd every night (automatically) though I'd like to have a better backup system. I was looking at zip drives but I don't think 750 mb is enough. So that really leaves me (I assume) tape drives and an external hard drive. What are the pro's and con's to having an external hd? Is it vulnerable to random instances like lightning and such? I don't want the tape backup because I don't want to have to change tapes. Any info you guys can give me will help me tremendously.

Thanks in advance
Dirtyknight
 
External HDD would be the way to go. You can always disconnect when you aren't using it. I prefer buying a external cases and then buying the 3.5" HDD seperate.
 
External HDD's are really usefull in situations like yours. They will most likely be damaged by lightning if it gets to your computer (...UPS...), but you can easily disconnect them as soon as your finished backing everything up. But you should still keep unchangeable backups like CD's and DVD's, incase you accidentally delete a file from the computer and the backup. It's not possible to delete a file off a finalised CD-R.

Also, as AristoV300 said, your usually better off buying an external case and HDD and assemble them yourself.

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