10 things you need to know about business data backup

10 THINGS YOU NEE TO KNOW ABOUT BUSINESS DATA BACKUP BACKUP BENCHMARKS: DISASTER RECOVERY REDUNDANCY RECOVERY TIME AFTER A SITE DISASTER 59% 63% 29% Store backups in only one location Take days to 4 days and more recover ABLE TO RECOVER FROM A SITE DISASTER IN FOUR HOURS OR LESS 9% of non-cloud storage users 20% of cloud storage users BACKUP BENCHMARKS: FAILURE EXPERIENCE MULTIPLE 52% BACKUP FAILURES A YEAR TOP FIVE REASONS BACKUPS FAIL: CONNECTIVITY ISSUES EQUIPMENT FAILURE FILE CORRUPTION BACKUP SOFTWARE FAILURE HUMAN ERROR 25% 21% 18% 14% 12% BACKUP BENCHMARKS: MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE BACKUP DATA VOLUME COMPARED TO LAST YEAR: 75% 21% |22% 13% BACKUP DATA VOLUME INCREASED BACKUP DATA VOLUME INCREASED BY 2X OR MORE BACKUP DATA VOLUME STAYED THE SAME BACKUP DATA VOLUME SHRUNK 50% OF ORGANIZATIONS SPEND OVER 5 HOURS A MONTH ON BACKUPS 51% OF INDIVIDUAL APPLICATIONS ARE NOT BACKED UP DAILY 50% 51% 14% 14% SPEND OVER 20 HOURS PLAN TO MAKE CHANGES TO BACKUP STRATEGY THE TOP PLANNED CHANGE IS 51% INCORPORATING CLOUD STORAGE SOURCES: All statistics collected from a survey of 209 respondents, all from a commissioned audience sample ĮMIU, IMIS TRATA To read the full report, visit http://www.twinstrata.com/backup-survey-2014