Unit 3 Cma110 Unit 4
Competency Three-CMA110
In the era that we live in, computers hold our very existence by having all of our information saved to them. From pictures of our families, to person documents like tax forms or medical records, almost all of these things are stored in some electronic form. This information is typically stored on computers with only one copy of the information, but what would happen if that computer or multiple computers failed? What would happen to all that important information and memories? In some cases they can be recovered but at a high cost. Most data recovery services can cost up to $2000.00 dollars to recover lost data. This can all be avoided by backing up data periodically.
Backing up data is very important for many reasons, may it be for personal, or business reasons. From a personal perspective backing up data saves time, money, and frustration. Most people generally wouldn't want to spend hundreds of dollars on something that can cost them little to no money at all. In a medical practice, it’s especially important to back up data because somebody's life can literally be on the line. To know what type data backup …show more content…
The downside of a full system backup is that they usually take up a large amount of time and data. A differential backup can restore data on a computer with a full system backup by making copies of changed files since the last full system backup. This typically requires less storage space then a full system backup, but it's not the most time efficient method. An incremental backup has the same concept as a differential backup, but has multiple steps, and requires an eventual full system backup. Finally is a selective backup which lets the user choose which files they would like to save, one of the disadvantages of this is depending on the files selected, the user might not be able to restore all of
In the era that we live in, computers hold our very existence by having all of our information saved to them. From pictures of our families, to person documents like tax forms or medical records, almost all of these things are stored in some electronic form. This information is typically stored on computers with only one copy of the information, but what would happen if that computer or multiple computers failed? What would happen to all that important information and memories? In some cases they can be recovered but at a high cost. Most data recovery services can cost up to $2000.00 dollars to recover lost data. This can all be avoided by backing up data periodically.
Backing up data is very important for many reasons, may it be for personal, or business reasons. From a personal perspective backing up data saves time, money, and frustration. Most people generally wouldn't want to spend hundreds of dollars on something that can cost them little to no money at all. In a medical practice, it’s especially important to back up data because somebody's life can literally be on the line. To know what type data backup …show more content…
The downside of a full system backup is that they usually take up a large amount of time and data. A differential backup can restore data on a computer with a full system backup by making copies of changed files since the last full system backup. This typically requires less storage space then a full system backup, but it's not the most time efficient method. An incremental backup has the same concept as a differential backup, but has multiple steps, and requires an eventual full system backup. Finally is a selective backup which lets the user choose which files they would like to save, one of the disadvantages of this is depending on the files selected, the user might not be able to restore all of