Online Backup

It used to be the case that only mid-size or large businesses could afford disaster recovery services. But those days are gone and a couple of online backup service providers have customized their offers to meet the needs of consuomers as well.

The idea of these services is mainly to provide an option to share data with others or to have pictures and documents available from anywhere. Less promoted is the fact that these services are great to protect consumers from data loss in case a natural disaster strikes or when a hard drive goes bad. With only little planning one can provide herself with a great disaster recovery option.

Online backup services should compliment normal efforts to prevent loss of documents or digital data. The first step should be to lease a safety deposit box at a bank. You should store all your important documents there. This will prevent loss in case of fire or theft. The online backup option becomes critical when it comes to digital data. How important are your digital pictures to you? Gone are the days where you could grab the film and get it developed again to have a picture in your hands again. If a digital picture is gone, it is gone forever. When uploading pictures from your camera, it takes only a few clicks to upload them to an online backup service as well.

Online backup services are extremely affordable. Prices often start below $10.00 per month for 5 GB of secure data storage.

This is part one of our guide to online data storage for consumers.

Recently I reviewed several online storage or online backup companies. The companies have made significant changes over the years and their products makre it so much easier to securely backup your personal data online. Definitely worth taking another look.