Name: Bay-an, Joey D.

Date:11/05/19
ACTIVITY
Section: CCJE-BLOCK A # 6-D
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1. Search for at least three methods of backing-up your digital files to prevent loss.

Method No. 1: External hard drive

What is it?

An external hard drive is a hard disk drive just like the one inside your computer, where you can
store any kind of file. Many are often small and portable, making them easy to stow away in a
desk drawer or carry with you. Others are much larger and are designed to sit on your desk.

How does it work?

External drives connect to your computer to provide extra storage, usually with a USB cable. Once
connected, which involves little more than plugging it in, you can drag and drop or copy files you
want from your computer's hard drive to the external drive. Once synced to the drive, those files
will live safely away from your computer and offer protection in case your computer gets stolen or
damaged.

Potential drawbacks?

Hard drives can fail at any time, for many different reasons. One day you may plug in your
portable drive and it won't work, which means you won't be able to access the files you've stored
on it. It's rare for a newer hard drive to fail completely, and most drives can last years and years
before needing to be replaced, but just keep in mind that failures can happen.

Method No. 2: Flash drive

What is it?

Flash drives (also called thumb drives or jump drives) are tiny, highly portable drives, often no
longer than a stick of gum. They come in a wide variety of designs, from simple sticks to novelty
characters, and most can be attached to a keychain or lanyard. This method is very similar to the
first one, but uses flash memory (a storage chip that can be erased and reused) instead.

How does it work?

A flash drive plugs into your computer through the USB port and once connected, you can copy or
drag and drop files onto it. Once disconnected, those files will live on the flash drive until you
remove them.

Potential drawbacks?

Flash drives can break down overtime, fail or become corrupted, rendering them useless. You
won't be able to access your files if any of these things happen. It's unlikely that a newer flash
drive will fail, but it can happen.

Method No. 3: Cloud storage

What is it?

Cloud storage is a system where you move your files from your computer to a server in a data
center, away from your home or work. A cloud storage company uses those servers to offer a
certain amount of space that you essentially rent to store your files.
How does it work?

Once you sign up for a cloud storage service, you can upload files with a desktop application or
through the company's website over the Internet. With an Internet connection, you can view,
modify and delete files stored in your cloud storage account at anytime, from any computer or
mobile device. You can move files back onto your computer whenever you want.

Potential drawbacks?

Though cloud storage is a great backup option, there are a few risks. Cloud storage services can
be and have been hacked, most recently in 2014 when a security breach of Apple's iCloud service
exposed several celebrity photos.

Another risk is if the cloud storage company goes out of business and shuts down operations,
which happened with smaller cloud storage service Firedrive. If this happens, you won't be able to
access any of the files you've stored in your account.

Other drawbacks include files taking a long time to upload to your cloud folder, which can eat up
your Internet bandwidth and slow down your connection temporarily. Additionally, without an
Internet connection, you might not be able to access any files stored in your account.

2. Document the steps on how to achieve these options.

3. Create a simple step-by-step process using visual aids.

Setup the backup
Now that we have checked off all the prerequisites, it is time to set up the backup. Open Duplicati by going
to Start Menu, click on All Programs and look for Duplicati. Or perhaps you'll just have a handy icon on your
desktop. When you click on it, Duplicati will open in your preferred browser.

Step1. Select Add Backup, then Configure new backup, and finally click Next.
Step 2. Select a name for your backup, encryption type and set the passphrase. You are free to choose any
name that suits you; we will use My Backup here. Once you have named the backup, move on to the
encryption type. We suggest you leave the encryption on AES-256 encryption, built-in.

Once you set your passphrase, your data will be encrypted before being sent to the backup destination,
ensuring that you and only you can read this data. Choose a strong passphrase and make sure you store it
somewhere safe (like in your password manager)! Keep in mind that there's no way to restore your backup
if you forget your passphrase. Continue by clicking Next.

Step 3. Now you need to choose where to store your backup. Since Koofr provides a WebDAV interface,
select WebDAV based option on the drop-down list.

Step 4. The next step can seem scary, but do not fret. First, check the SSL box. In the Server and port field
enter app.koofr.net and for Path on server enter dav/Koofr/My Backup. The path must start with
dav/Koofr/ and the last part My backup is the name of the folder where the backup will be stored. You can
choose any folder, but we decided to use the same name as we used for the backup name in the first step.

In the Username file enter the email you use to sign-in to Koofr.

Let's move to your Koofr account for a moment. You will need to generate a new password to use with
Duplicati and our video tutorial can help you do that.

You can generate a new password in the Koofr Account Settings Menu in Preferences under Password.
Scroll down to App Passwords, click into the Generate new password field, name the new password and
click Generate. We named our password WebDAV as you can see in the picture below. Use this newly-
generated password in the Password field in Duplicati.

Once you've entered your username and password into Duplicati, click Test connection. If you've done
everything right, you should see a nice little notification like the one below. If not, check the steps above
again and make sure you have entered the correct credentials.
After you've tested the connection, click Next. In this step, you'll have to choose the source of files you
want to back up.

Once you’re sure, checked all locations you want to backup, proceed to the next step – Scheduling. Choose
your preferred time for backups – we advise you back up at a time when the computer is less likely to be
heavily used and to make backups regularly, at least once a week if not daily.

Click next, and you will land among some more settings - General options. As Duplicati uploads the backups
in chunks, the upload volume size determines the size of a single uploaded chunk. The default of 50MB
suits most home user connections, but you might want to lower this to a few MB if you are on a slow
internet connection.
The last option determines how many backups will be kept on Koofr: the more backups you keep, the
further back in time you will be able to go when you restore. However, the more backups you keep, the
more space on Koofr will be used. Keeping two weeks worth of daily backups or three months worth of
weekly backups seems a good choice for a home user.

In the last screen, you are presented with a summary of the configuration if you click on the arrow next to
the name of your backup, but the only important thing to do is to Run the backup now.

Check if everything went OK

Let's just check if everything went OK. You should find Duplicati icon in your tray – it's the red icon you see
in the last row.
When you click on the icon, you will be redirected to the Duplicati application in your browser. When the
backup completes, you will see it in Completed backups, along with possible warnings and errors.