Editing Data center (section)

===Offsite backup storage===
{{Main|Off-site data protection}}

Data backup techniques include having an [[encrypted]] copy of the data offsite. Methods used for transporting data are:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://spectralogic.com/wp-content/uploads/white-paper-iron-mountain-vs-amazon-glacier.pdf|title=Iron Mountain vs Amazon Glacier: Total Cost Analysis|access-date=2018-10-28|archive-date=2018-10-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181028151528/http://spectralogic.com/wp-content/uploads/white-paper-iron-mountain-vs-amazon-glacier.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Having the customer write the data to a physical medium, such as magnetic tape, and then transporting the tape elsewhere.<ref>What IBM calls "PTAM: Pickup Truck Access Method."  {{cite web|title=PTAM - Pickup Truck Access Method (disaster recovery slang)|url=https://www.acronymfinder.com/Pickup-Truck-Access-Method-(disaster-recovery-slang)-(PTAM).html}}</ref>
* Directly transferring the data to another site during the backup, using appropriate links.
* Uploading the data "into the cloud".<ref>{{cite magazine |date=September 14, 2017 |title=Iron Mountain introduces cloud backup and management service |url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/964303/iron-mountain-introduces-cloud-backup-and-management-service.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240218210602/https://www.networkworld.com/article/964303/iron-mountain-introduces-cloud-backup-and-management-service.html |archive-date=February 18, 2024 |access-date=October 28, 2018 |magazine=Network world}}</ref>