Hard drive mechanical failures are on the rise, and it is wise to consider changing system hard drives on workstations at least every three years, on heavily used system, and provide a method of data backup. Using the common sense approach is best.
Depending on the value of the data in regards to confidentiality and replacement value pushes various types of back up solutions.
Having a secure, off site back up solution with encrypted data transfer is best. This can be accomplished with your own servers parked in a data center with multiple hard drives configured in a RAID configurations to redundantly back up data, or or using an outsourced solutions. For many companies outsourced solutions are the most cost effective.
But there are times when a hard drive crash means and entire business comes to a halt. The data on the drive is the very essences of the businesses, and it needs to be recovered.
Network Creators can provide your company with backup and recovery solutions for your company, from outsourced daily backups, servers, data center space in locations world wide, and hard drive data recovery.