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What are the Advantages and Disadvantages of Data Back Up?

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Hello There!


Advantages -

° Not affected by power surges, lightning, fire, flooding or other natural disasters

° Storing data with a credible organizations generally reliable; they run multiple back ups to ensure data safety.



Disadvantages -

° You must trust the organization

° Requires a lot of bandwidth and data support

° Concern over security when data is in transit

° Managing remote back ups may not be as simple as local back ups

Hope this helped!


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