In Chapter 2 , “Software as a Service (SaaS),” you examined the Carbonite cloud-based backup software. Several companies provide cloud-based backup capabilities. The features that most provide are similar:
Files are backed up in an encrypted format.
Users can schedule when backup operations are to occur.
Users can easily retrieve backup files from the cloud.
Most systems support Windows, Linux, and Mac OS.
CASE 6-4 Carbonite SaaS for File Backups
Businesses often rely on a process known as cloud-based colocation to duplicate their company resources at a remote site. If fire, theft, or some other disaster occurs, the business significantly reduces its risk of data loss.
Most user-based computer books tell users that they too should perform regular disk and file backup operations. However, because the process is generally too time consuming, most users fail to back up their files on a regular basis. Worse yet, users who do perform backups often store the copies within the same facility (home or office) as their computer. The backups are at risk to many of the same factors that threaten the original data.
To provide users and companies with a backup solution, many SaaS providers have emerged to back up user data files to redundant storage facilities that reside within the cloud, as shown in FIGURE 6-8
FIGURE 6-8 Cloud-based SaaS backup providers store secure copies of user and company files at data storage facilities that reside in the cloud.
The SaaS cloud-based backup systems provide reliable and secure storage. Users simply select the files or folders they want to back up and then schedule when and how often they want the backups to occur. The actual backup operations then happen behind the scenes automatically.
Case Study: Discuss the pros and cons of using cloud-based backups.
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