I just need the complete, perfect backup plan. Write a novel as an answer if you need to. I need as much help as I can get
A perfect backup plan may not exist, but you can approach one.
For example, you backup your data daily and store it in bank fault on some media.
A volcano erupts and destroys your pc and the bank the next day.
Extreme yes, but just illustrates why there is no perfect solution.
That said, it is best to get your data off site, in more than one locations. There are several online storage places that will offer off site storage across the internet. This can tend to be slow depending on the amount of data and bandwidth, especially for the first backup. But, incremental back ups after the initial full backup won't be too bad.
A full backup backs up all your files. An incremental back up only backs up files that have changed since the last full backup, (greatly reducing the daily amount of files backed-up).
Backing up your files would probably suit your needs. But if you want a way to restore the files and the OS as it is/was, then you might look at ways to copy/clone the whole drive or partition. I'm not sure this option supports incremental backups, so it would be slower on a daily bases.
You could also find some storage sites your self and make simply scripts that ran on a schedule daily to make full backups and incremental.
An external hard drive is a great back up solution, but may not protect you from fire.
There are "hardened" hard drives out there, meant to sustain large ranges of abuse, (heat, impact, and such), that could be used as back up medium. These could be used in a raid set up. A raid setup uses an extra drive to continually mirror whats on your main drive, so that it matches it always. Using a hardened drive as a raid drive might fit your need.
There are so many backup programs and utilities out that I am not gonna list them. Just search google for reviews.
Like others have said, off-site backups are the way to go. Are you looking for compliance with HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, SEC / NASD or another governing agency? I recommend iDrive:
http://www.onlinebackupsreview.com/idrive.php
Since your data will be stored away from your building, if it happens to be destroyed, the data is still safe.
"User data resides on raid protected industry leading NAS/SAN storage devices with multiple levels of redundancy. In addition, regular backups of user data are performed to guarantee availability of stored data"
The best backup is an off site backup plan. Somebody like www.carbonite.com can help. That way no matter what happens on your site your data will be backed-up somewhere else.
If you want it backed-up on site you can do that with a server or back-up computer. But, you lose that if your building collapses.
backup via a secure off site server if you want to build (or have built)fire proof and bomb ready case... then get a T3-or OC-3 connection so you can back it up fast
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