Back Up procedures

Question 1

What is Backup

Answer 1

Creating copies of data to protect against loss, corruption, or system failure.​

Question 2

Storage Locations:

Answer 2

On-site: Local (e.g., hard drives). Quick recovery, but vulnerable to disasters.​

Off-site: Remote (e.g., cloud). Safer from local disasters, but slower to access.​

Question 3

What are the different types of Back up?

Answer 3

Full Backup: Backs up all data.​

Incremental Backup: Backs up only changed files since the last backup.​

Differential Backup: Backs up changes since the last full backup.

Question 4

4 best practices

Answer 4

Set automatic Backups
Create more than one copy
Store copies at multiple locations
3-2-1 Rule: 3 copies, 2 different media, 1 off-site.​