By Jane Evans, Sales Director at Backup Everything
November 10, 2017

Cloud Backup Expert Tips: Avoid Disasters by Using only the Best Online Storage Sites

Find Out How Online Backup Can Save You Time and Money

There’s no doubt that the best online storage sites are precisely cut out to help personal computer users make their life easier. But in as much as the quest for online storage is gathering steam, people still wonder whether it matters which site you use for your cloud storage needs. This is considering that there are zillions of sites floating all over the web that purport to be offering affordable online backup and storage utilities.

Well, indeed it matters. If you’re in the market for a site that will be worth your time and hard-earned money, then you might want to invest in only the best online storage sites.

And here are some of the some of the major reasons why this true.

The best online storage sites are secure and scalable
No one likes to have their personal files or records accessed, read or even copied without their explicit authorization. But if you go signing up and storing your data in bogus and poorly managed sites, this is precisely what you are asking for. Complex encryptions and regular virus scans cost money to install and maintain, therefore, don’t expect that such services to be offered for free. Steer away from sites that offer ridiculously low rates for colossal storage capacities. You will be surprised to find out the hard way that cheap is always expensive.

On the issue of scalability; only some of the best online storage sites have room for fluid and convenient expansion of storage accounts. Free and very cheap accounts will always limit you to a given capacity, and charge very high prices when you want to upgrade.

The best online storage accounts have more user-friendly features
Only the top of the cream in this industry can accord you the flexibility of scheduled backup, automatic backup, multiple backup and easy retrieval of accidentally deleted contents. At first it may be seen such features are simple luxuries that we can afford to overlook, but when you decide to get into the habit of backing up your data regularly, a poorly constructed or designed cloud account can be very limiting. Consider the situation where you have to upload your contents daily or weekly. With an average account, you might have to spend most of your time managing uploads and updating your online cache. On the other hand, an integrated auto backup or scheduled backup feature,commonly found on some of the best sites can efficiently handle this for you.

The best online storage sites have very helpful and skilled support teams
Don’t you just loathe having to wait for assistance from support units for hours or even days, only to receive automated responses that are hardly helpful? Well, unfortunately, this is typically the case in most free or average storage sites today. The reason being; it costs money to hire skillful, well-versed and qualified support staff. It is also why you can expect a very responsive support team when you’re paying a premium fee for your subscription. And a responsive team will always translate into a more delightful user experience especially when you’re new to such novel services.

Anyone who has ever used a computer to complete a task knows the value of the auto save feature integrated in MS Word. Such a person is also adeptly familiar with the frustration that follows when a computer crashes just before saving a 10-page document. In as much as technology has simplified our life it is not fail proof. Sometimes when it is coupled with human error this failure can be disastrous, to say the least. Auto Saving and online backup have one thing in common; they are both designed to counter such technical mishaps.

In my opinion, online backup is one of the most revolutionary ideas of the 21st century. I mean other than Facebook or WhatsApp. The idea of knowing that all your data, files, projects, iTunes collections etc are safely tucked away in an offsite facility has this soothing and reassuring effect. With a good online backup plan, you don’t need to schedule alarms for reminding you to make daily copies of your Master’s thesis. As a manager, online backup relieves you the responsibility of having to remind your personnel daily to backup the company’s data logs. You can rest assured that even in the event of a catastrophe, your servers will be up and running the following day.

Online backup is even more beneficial to a personal computer user. If you’re a movie or an X-box addict like me, then you are probably conversant with the annoying pop-up “Sorry, your hard disk is almost full.” I always find it costly and a blatant wastage of resources to buy multiple hard disks to store my files whereas I could simply subscribe a single account and store all my media in one place. Whereas with onsite backup it may take hours to search for a single file, online backup makes it possible for one to look up any piece of data stored, within fractions of seconds. Such streamlining and fluidity becomes even more convenient with a larger collection.

Another added advantage of online backup is the enhanced security of the encrypted contents. As a personal computer user, one of your major constant insecurities is losing your laptop or smartphone. The fear grows more virile if you have sensitive data stored on your machine. Online backup, however, is used to minimize part of that risk. By securing your online backup account with a unique password, your files remain secure and intact regardless of who is in possession of your computing gadgets.

A wide variety of online backup services are available today. Choosing one suited for your storage demands doesn’t have to be challenging or confusing at all. Most of them will offer different storage spaces at different subscriptions. A rule of thumb is that you require twice as much subscription storage space as the file capacity you intend to backup. This means that if you need to backup 100 Gigabytes of files, then you should at least subscribe to over 200 Gigabytes of online storage. This easily allows you to run advanced online backup features such as auto-backup and scheduled backup, with a high level of flexibility.

About Backup Everything
London, UK based and industry leading company, BackupEverything (BE), provides automated cloud backup services for affordable and pre-determined prices. BE is not a location dependent service and its fee structure is the same no matter where in the world you are from. BE provides scalable space, meaning your backup space can be scaled up or down based on your needs. It also provides automated and scheduled backups, file versioning, with data encrypted during transfer and storage. BE does not charge data retrieval fees, it only charges for amount of data stored in its servers.

For a comprehensive and reliable service, it is prudent that the end user chooses services from an independent cloud backup company, like BE to backup their sensitive data. This way, the user will know their actual cost, where the data is being backed up to, and get the best bespoke service according to the Service Level Agreement (SLA) executed.

For more information, please visit www.BackupEverything.co.uk

About the Author: Jane Evans is a Sales Director at BackupEverything, a London, UK based, leading cloud backup company that offers bespoke services to global businesses and consumers.

 

 

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