How Can I Recover Lost Data? Your Guide to Data Recovery

We’ve all been there – the moment you hit delete and the panic sets in. Data protection is a key component of IT and can be simple with the right solution. Many times the focus of the protection is to just have a backup but the real focus should be on the ability to recover. Having a copy of your data without the ability to restore it in the time required is often not discovered until it is too late. 

Your data recovery plan should start with a solution that includes:

1. Your recovery time (how fast do I need to back up and running).
2. Your recovery point (how far back in time can the business afford to lose data).
3. The ability and is tested on an annual basis.  
4. The solution should also take into account different types of recovery from a single file recovery, entire system recovery, or entire site recovery.  

Solutions are available that can provide reliable backups that also include offsite replication and resources that allow for recovery both locally and remotely.