| The realm of restore backup software has matured | | | | backup their files. |
| by leaps and bounds over the past several decades, | | | | Today, we have the ability to backup your |
| as file storage has become cheap, network | | | | computer's hard drive in real-time on autopilot without |
| connectivity has become faster, and software has | | | | the use of any special hardware. All you need is a |
| become more fault-tolerant and reliable. | | | | software agent and a high-speed Internet connection. |
| It used to be the case that the only recourse most | | | | For a mere fraction of what it would have cost you |
| companies had, to implement restore backup | | | | a generation ago, you can now have your files |
| software was to run a backup program on your local | | | | backed up online. As you edit your files, they are |
| machine that would run once every twenty-four | | | | encrypted and sent securely across the Internet to a |
| hours and take a snapshot of your computer's hard | | | | remote backup facility. There's no need to schedule |
| drive. It would then compress this snapshot in a | | | | the backups to occur, because the agent detects |
| proprietary data format, which then had to be | | | | changes in real-time. |
| transferred onto tape drives attached to the | | | | Recovering your own files is also a no-brainer. Your |
| machines themselves. | | | | backup folder is mapped to your Windows Explorer |
| A generation later, we were able to evolve to the | | | | as a network drive. So you can recover your files by |
| use of recordable and rewritable CD-ROMs and DVDs | | | | copying and pasting them from the network drive to |
| for mass files storage. | | | | your local hard drive. |
| Fast forward to the present day and we see that | | | | Restore backup software has sure come a long way |
| many people are able to use USB drives to manually | | | | since the days of old tape drive backups. |