How to Automate Cloud Backups

1. Welcome to Lunch & Learn
Rasmussen College
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2. How to Automate Regular
Cloud Backups
Keitaro Matsuoka
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3. • Eat
• Goals
• One Golden Rule
• Show & Tell
• Q&A (File Location)
Agenda
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4. 1. Get You to Back Up!
2. Show what are NOT Backups.
3. Learn the 3-2-1 Rule and One Keyword.
4. Recommended Strategies.
Goals Today
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5. Is This You?
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Source: http://about-threats.trendmicro.com/us/infographics/infograph/this-
is-your-life

6. • 30 percent of small business will experience a
natural disaster (National Federation of
Independent Businesses)
• 60 percent of companies that lose their data
will shut down within six months of the
disaster (National Archives & Records
Administration in Washington)
• Did you hear about Samsung?
Statistics
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7. Let’s Get Started!
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8. A. You copy a file to another folder in your
computer.
B. You download the photos from your camera
to your computer.
C. You archive a message in Gmail.
D. You copy a file to an external hard disk which
is on your desk.
E. You copy a file to an external hard disk and
bring it to your workplace.
Which of These are Backups?
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9. • Using just one kind of backup is not considered
a backup.
• Rule to follow: Always Back up with 3-2-1 Rule:
– 3copies of anything
– 2different formats
– 1off-site backup
Answer: None of the Above!
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10. • You want to make sure your data survives.
• 3 different copies in 3 different places.
– 3copies of anything (why not 2?)
– 2different formats (examples: external hard disk
+ DVDs, Dropbox + Thumb drive)
– 1off-site backup (think: fire, flood, tornado)
The Real Rule: Redundancy
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11. What Should I Do?
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12. A Windows, Mac, or Linux
machine.
1. Get an External Hard
Drive.
2. Subscribe to a Cloud
Backup Service.
3. Set Up.
4. Sleep Easy.
Create a Crash Plan
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13. • Western Digital My Passport Ultra
• Seagate Backup Plus
• 1 TB for less than $100. 2TB for ~$120.
Recommended Hard Drives
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14. Cloud Service: CrashPlan
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• Go to www.crashplan.com and get CrashPlan+

15. • Fully Automated
• Meets the 3-2-1 Rule
• Unlimited File Size
• Low Price
• Secure!
Why CrashPlan?
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16. Configure Your Backup System
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17. Restoring Files (Should You Need It)
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18. My CrashPlan Setup
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19. External Drive + Dropbox + CrashPlan
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Upshot: Never Have Lost a File!

20. Keitaro.Matsuoka@Rasmussen.edu or
(815) 306-2657
www.linkedin.com/in/keitaro
Do It Today!
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