Why Obar4u Online Backup Service:

No one readily admits to liking insurance, especially paying for it. However, when something goes wrong everyone is thankful they have it. The same can be said about online backup, which is the process of copying files over the Internet and storing it remotely in another location.

When a computer crashes, a fire or theft occurs or equipment is damaged after a disaster, everyone rejoices that important files were safely backed up and available for use in short order.

You may be thinking that your backup and storage requirements are being met by periodically copying your important files or folders to CD, DVD or alternate hard drives. That’s an important first step. But where do you keep the CDS, DVDs or hard drives? Many keep them right where their computers are or somewhere in the same vicinity. That’s not helpful when a fire or flood hits home.

Others will argue that their IT departments routinely employ tape cartridges or software backups to handle storage requirements. Again, unless copies are sent offsite, that’s not very useful in a disaster recovery scenario. Plus, it takes some serious knowledge and experience to configure, maintain, backup and restore information. Many small businesses do not have this expertise in house.

Consider the main causes for Data Loss:

* 44% Hardware Failure: Most hard drive manufacturers have reduced their warranties from 36 to 12 months.

* 30% Human Error: Accidental file overwrites and deletions.

* 12% Software Corruption: Programming errors, improper application terminations.

* 7% PC Virus: Inferior anti-virus software, updated signature files.

* 7% Theft, fire, flood or other natural disaster.

The Online Backup Advantage:

A simple solution requiring the least amount of company resources is generally what businesses seek out. By simply downloading software, installing it on your PC or Mac and connecting to the online backup provider’s server, you can administer a secure online backup strategy. What’s more is this can be an automated procedure being conducted at regular intervals while your computer is still on.

What’s simpler than sending your encrypted, password-protected data to another computer over the Internet? If the data is lost or stolen, you contact the online backup provider and retrieve the information.

Even better, for many, is a web-based option in which you can access all your files from anywhere you can use a PC or laptop, providing you have a high speed Internet connection. Granted, this option works best for a few files stored rather than the entire contents of your hard drive.

To reiterate, online backup services allows you to:

• Easily manage your backup strategy without IT personnel

• Eliminate the hassle of copying/storing tapes, CDS, DVDS

• Retrieve files 24/7 from an offsite location regardless of the impending emergency

Fortunately, Internet technology has now allowed a vastly superior method of backing up: online backup.  Online Backup (sometimes also referred to as remote backup) has considerable advantages over other backup methods.

Online backup is automatic:

Once your online backup software is installed and your backup sets are set up, backups start automatically. Thereafter, you need do absolutely nothing. You never have to change disks, rotate tapes or label CDs.  Studies show that the primary reason that people do not backup their data, is because of the hassle and the effort involved.  Simply put, online backup takes the inconvenience out of backing up your data.

Online backup is offsite:

Perhaps the most important aspect of backing up is that your backups are stored in a different location from your data. After all, if you experience a fire or other disaster, or a theft, your backups are probably as worthless as your computer if they had been stored on top of or next to your computer. With online backup, your data is always stored safely, in not one, but two offsite locations, located hundreds of miles apart from each other. You never have to take tapes or CDs offsite and put them in storage.

Online backup is scalable:

With online backup, you can never run out of storage space. As your data grows, your online storage account can grow with it automatically.  There is no having to catalog endless CDs or changing tapes in the middle of a backup.

Online backup allows you to easily retrieve data:

How many days would you have to wait to get backup tapes back from storage in the event of a disaster? It could be days, even weeks before your data was recovered and your business was back in operation.   Let's say you wanted to recover just one file.  How many CDs would you have to search for to find the file that you are looking for? With online backup, you have access to all of your files 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Retrieve the file you need in just seconds. Have your business completely up and running after a system failure in just hours.

Online backup saves you money:

Do you know the only proper way to back up using tapes? You must change them often because tapes wear out.  And you must rotate them using multiple sets.  Want to automate the process?  Buy a high priced tape changing robot.  Even constantly having to buy CDs and DVDs will add up. With online backup, you save money.  There are absolutely no installation costs and no equipment to buy.  All you pay is one low monthly fee.

Online backup lets you sleep easier:

Some studies show that more than half of backups don’t actually work.  They appear to be backing up but don't actually transmit any data.  Or the storage devices failed or deteriorated while in storage.  How sure can you be that your backups are really working? With other methods its hard but with online backup, you can be sure. At any time, you can view all of the files that you have backed up and you can restore them.  Online backup provides you with the confidence of knowing that your backups are really there for when you need them.