Back during the times of floppy disks and tapes, disaster and data recovery used to be two different aspects.  Creating data backups on tapes used to be time-consuming and a hectic job. The disk backup did ease the time-taking aspect, yet backup and recovery of data during times of emergency turned out a tedious task.

In today’s world, Cloud has changed the entire scenario. Not only does it allow data backup facilities, but disaster recovery as well. While off-site backups can take time to retrieve from storage and then deliver, instant Disaster Recovery from a cloud data centre means that anyone can  back up and run data in a matter of hours. This procedure is drastically reducing Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and other factors, as well as obliterating the threat of unstable network configurations or incompatible drives.

Read more at : http://www.business2community.com/cloud-computing/move-cloud-transformed-disaster-recovery-01660795#e0Kg4wwQuDLIAtlq.99

The CRM system is central to a company's business. Anything can happen from a malicious attack to hardware failure. So, we need to back up the data. We all know that there are different kinds of backup systems and some of them take days to restore that critical data. So, a company needs a backup strategy. Your backup strategy has to reflect the needs of your business for continuity on critical systems like CRM. While planning for effective backups, organizations must take into consideration the two most important things. They are Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO). RTO is how fast you need to be up and running and Recovery Time Objective is when you need to recover. Read more at: http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/insidecrm/backing-up-your-crm-70403