{"id":42541,"date":"2020-07-21T16:37:05","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T12:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/?p=42541"},"modified":"2025-04-17T19:41:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T15:41:02","slug":"3-steps-for-efficient-backup-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/blog\/3-steps-for-efficient-backup-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Efficient Backup Strategy in 3 Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington, D.C., 93% of companies<\/a> that experienced a data loss resulting in downtime of over 10 days filed for bankruptcy within a year of the disaster. Half of these did so immediately.<\/p>\n

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At the same time, according to the National Cyber Security Alliance and Richmond House Group, 20% of small and medium-sized businesses<\/a> will experience a disaster leading to data loss or will be hacked. If we put this data into plain English \u2013 your data is of the utmost importance and is in constant danger of being stolen or lost.
\nAnd yet small business owners either fail to recognize the importance of data backups or don\u2019t put the necessary effort into creating robust backup strategy and recovery plans.
\nIn this guide, we will define three essential steps to create a refined, flexible, and efficient data backup and recovery strategy.<\/p>\n

Further reading<\/span> The Ultimate Guide to Data Backup Strategies for Small Businesses<\/a><\/p>\n

Step 1. Define the Tolerable Downtime Per Resource<\/h2>\n

Not all data is equally important for your company. Thus, you don't need to create the same rules for backup and recovery plans for all types of data, resources, and workloads. First, you need to systematize the data, and here's how you do it:<\/p>\n