Data Backups

Question 1

What is a Data Backup?

Answer 1

process of creating duplicate copies of digital information to protect it against data loss, corruption, or unavailability.

Question 2

What is Onsite or Offsite Back Up?

Answer 2

Where the backups of the data are physically being stored

Question 3

What is an Offsite Backup?

Answer 3

Practice of storing duplicate copies of data in a different location from the primary location

Question 4

Explain the Frequency of Backups

Answer 4

How much data is the company willing to lose?

Question 5

Encryption on Backups

Answer 5

Encrypting your backup files will keep them more secure because you will need the decrypting key to open it

Question 6

Explain Snapshots as a form of Databackups

Answer 6

point-in-time copies of your data that captures a consistent state that’s going to be essentially a frozen in time copy of your data.

Question 7

Explain Recovery in Databackups

Answer 7

used to regain access to your data in the event of a data loss or a system failure

Question 8

What is Replication?

Answer 8

making real-time or near real-time copies of your data

Question 9

What is Journaling?

Answer 9

Making a record of every change made to an organizations data over time