Chapter 13. Backing Up and Restoring Data

Backing up the data on your network is a chore that everyone knows is important but which all too many ignore or don’t take seriously. Ignoring backups is a serious mistake. After all, you’re betting your entire business that there won’t be a fire, or earthquake, or hurricane, or just a plain-old, everyday hard-drive failure. Does that seem like a good idea? Yeah, we don’t think so either. Backups aren’t fun, or sexy, or even particularly interesting. But they can mean the difference between having a business and not having a business.

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