subject: Critical Data Back-up System Required By Hipaa For Healthcare Organization [print this page] Whether you are looking for data back up options for administrative computers or student computers that need to retrieve coursework, there are some elegant data back up solutions to counter the challenges that are faced in the education industry. Some of the solutions might be specially configured computers that have mirror hard drives installed that simultaneously backup, in case one of the hard drives crash.
Other solutions may be online data back ups which are sometimes offered for nominal monthly fees or there are some that offer minimal data back ups for free storage and free support. Once you pass a certain threshold of data, fees start to begin based on amount of information stored.
There are data up services that can back up all computers, no matter where they are located, including laptops. The way this service works is that there are mirror backups made and stored remotely, and the data backup times can be pre-scheduled. These mirror data backup have complete programs, files and everything you need to restore a crashed computer system within hours, instead of days.
The data is stored in a secure data vault off premises, which helps with disaster recovery of important data. With these automated backups, there is no need for IT staff, special data storage disks and tapes. This type of service is known as disk-to-disk technology, also known as D2D. It is secure and convenient and because it can automatically backup from different locations, an entire school district's information can be protected, even if computers are located in different classes, campuses or in administrative desktops and laptops.
This elegant solution is probably one of the most cost effective, although the other choices can work for smaller operations. The traditional data backup methods are dependent on somebody remembering to do the backups and they are often incomplete, lacking the operating programs and other essentials to rebuild a computer in the event it crashes. With the D2D technology, you get an exact replica of all computers so they can be restored to whatever the backup schedule is that you picked.
For the educational field, this type of service can eliminate the need for IT people and ensure that data backups are accomplished effortlessly. Because the data vaults are capable of handling a number of operating systems, typically 40 or more, they can back up the data on systems that aren't necessarily compatible with each other, but offer no challenge when it comes to data backup and storage.
Online data backup services can come in handy for students and individual computer systems, but they may not be as complete as D2D data vault services, which could be essential for multiple locations. The other thing to consider is that you could end up spending as much money for online data backup services as you would for the data backup providers that offer automated D2D and data vault storage. They aren't dependent on logging on at certain times to do the data back ups, which can eliminate the human element, when it comes to dependence on your critical data.
These elegant data backup options are something that should certainly be considered for educational institutions and large campus wide computer systems for protection of necessary data.
