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Backups fail quietly. The checklist below is the one we walk through with every new client.

The 3-2-1 shape

Three copies of your data, on two kinds of storage, with one copy off-site. For most small businesses that means: the working copy, a local backup, and a cloud backup.

Test the restore, not the backup

A backup you’ve never restored from is a hope, not a plan. Pick one file a quarter and actually restore it. Time it. If it takes an afternoon to find, fix that now — not during an outage.

Ready when you are

Find the right next step.

Tell us what’s working and what isn’t. You’ll get an honest read on what we’d do about it — including the parts you don’t need to pay anyone to fix.