Safety of data is very important for each and every user of computer. The only way to provide security to your data is prevent data from get corrupted, this is only possible if you are taking backup of your data regularly. So that if one copy of data get corrupted then backup copy of data remain safe to use. If you have standalone system then there is no problem in taking backup but if your all systems are connected with in a network configuration then there are several situations for data backup. You can go with data backup software for creating backup.

In network environment there are several situations for creating backup depending on number of sources and destinations your network have you can choose any one these.

1)One Source – Multiple Destinations:

This represent normal situation of taking backup of data. In this situation source(Server) of data is on one computer and destinations(Where data is backed up) are multiple. This is the way to create several backup copies of one data which are stored at different locations.

Destination of data can be anything which can store data easily, it can be HD-DVD, USB drive, ZIP driver or Cds/DVDs.

2) One Source - One Destination

This is the one of the risky way to create backup. In this type of configuration there are only one source and one destination present and backup of data is created at only one place this is the main disadvantage of this method. Data backup means provide security to your data it is only possible when you create several copies of your data.

This method is cheap and take less time to complete backup process that's it is used in several organizations where data frequently updated.

3)Multiple Sources - One Destination

This method applied when backup is taken from several sources and stored at single destination. Sources may present different geographical location and destination is present at different location.

This method used in big organizations which have branches at different cities or using have different network at same branch.

You can use any of these method which is suitable for you for creating data backup. Data backup software will make your data backup process easy.