External Backup Or Online Backup?

Online backup is the system that works over Internet with leading companies like Carbonite, Mozy, Sugar Sync and a lot more. External backup are with the use of CD's/DVD's, memory sticks and external hard drives.
When deciding about backing up data, what is the best for you? And what's inside your computer to backup?
Each solution has its own pros and cons. So, here is a guide for you to lead on a best decision:
COST

• Purchase of external hard drive costs about $1000, that's a 1TB drive or 1,000 GB.
• An online backup cost is around $5 to get started and $5 every month for the service to keep going.

TIME FOR A FULL BACKUP

• External hard drive process can take a few hours
• Online backup can take days or weeks. Tip: Backup first your most important files then add the other files on your system list of files to backup. Incremental backups only last a few hours.

SAFETY AND SECURITY

• External hard drive is safe from computer crashes, viruses, and hackers.
• Online backup is safe from fire, theft, flood and other physical damage

Additional features that online backup provides are:

• Colleagues has the ability to share files
• Smart phones (like iPhones) can access files remotely
• Multiple computers has the ability to synchronize files

It's an easy decision to take when planning to backup your computer. You just need to know the backup system that's suitable for you by taking into consideration the pros and cons of both backup services.

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