Did you know that 93 percent of companies that lost their data for 10 days or more filed for bankruptcy within one year?

In most cases, you can't recover data that's already lost. This is why a backup strategy is crucial to your business infomation model. Lost data can criple a company in a matter of seconds. The backup plan truly starts at the network design phase. When designed properly, servers rarely go down. However, here are some backup methods:

Method	Advantage	Disadvantage
Tape Backup	Reliable Off-Site Capable Wide Range of Media	Maintenance Cleaning Daily User Rotation Slow Transfer
USB Hard Drive	Cost	No Mirroring
RAID Storage	Disk Mirroring Unattended Automated Fast Transfer	Susceptible to Disaster Cost
CD/DVD	Cost	Low Capacity

All backup methods need to be combined with software. There are many enterprise level software programs to aid in backup and recovery. Some cost more than others, but they all relatively do the same job. In any case, you don't want to fall into the statistic above for data loss.