What would be a good USB HDD to use for backing up company data such as WORD and EXCEL documents?
Also what is some trustworth software to use to auto backup said data?
I do not trust just googling these questions!
Thank you guys!
Where the the data currently stored? On multiple endpoint PC’s, a NAS or a single Windows system etc?
Budget?
I just use rsync for everything but I don’t think that works on NTFS
It’s all stored currently on OneDrive and that three different computers have access to. It’s the same user account on all 3 machines.
I believe there are also QuickBooks files stored on a remote computer “down the street” if you will. This is the one I’m worried about.
I’m pretty sure I can use WDs software to auto backup from OneDrive to their USB HDD.
How can I work with the files from that remote computer?
Buy one from each brand that comes to mind. That way you are less likely to get a bad batch.
Veeam is one option, it also has an option to copy backups to Tape or USB Storage.
OneDrive home or OneDrive for Business?
I would move it over to OneDrive for Business with 3 separate accounts like it should be, and then just one use of the many M365 SaaS cloud backup solutions. Easy
For the Quickbooks machine, I would use something like Veeam Endpoint or Acronis to do backups however often you want
I would not use WD’s software, I would pay for a supported product. You don’t want the buck ending with you when there is a problem
Nor I. Not for commercial use anyway.
I’d look at a reputable Cloud backup solution for business documents. Keeping data and backups in the same office isn’t a great idea. Fire, flood, ex-wife rampage, stuff happens.
You can get a cheap RAID 1 NAS for local backup (and fast recovery without incurring data charges from the Cloud provider), but do a nightly Cloud backup as well. If the office ever vanishes, you have something to build on. That will let you turn a disaster into an inconvenience.
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Sounds good. Time to do some homework then. Thank you guys!
And I KNOW BETTER about not storing backups on site. Thank you for the reminder! Shaking off the cobwebs here with some help…
Well, if you’re backing up OneDrive files on-site, I see no issue with that
windows has robocopy for compare copying. also xcopy if you just need to copy with features like timestamp.
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