{"id":1979,"date":"2013-05-23T16:28:17","date_gmt":"2013-05-23T16:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/blog\/?p=1979"},"modified":"2019-11-13T05:20:58","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T05:20:58","slug":"network-backups-at-your-small-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/blog\/network-backups-at-your-small-business","title":{"rendered":"Building network backups at your small business"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For many businesses starting out, especially those experiencing waves of rapid growth, it\u2019s easy to develop a backup strategy with little thought about the best way to protect a burgeoning network.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

At this stage in a business, backup strategy can develop organically often consisting of a mish-mash of consumer, freeware, open source and trial products, which aren\u2019t suitable for protecting the data on your network.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s completely understandable. You\u2019ve got a business, it\u2019s on the rise. Network backup is likely something far from your mind. You know that you don\u2019t want to lose work or suffer downtime but backup is probably a to-do list project that keeps getting pushed into the limitless future.<\/p>\n

In this article we\u2019ll bring backing up your network to the top of your list; showing you how to quickly analyze requirements and then find the right solutions for small network backups.<\/p>\n

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1. What is your small network?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n

The first thing you need to look at is your physical network: how many servers do you have, how many workstations do you have and what type \u2013 including OS \u2013 are they.<\/p>\n

Next take a good look at data and information flows within your business. I\u2019d start with a map of your business and its people, determining roles that create or rely on data. You want to know:<\/p>\n