May 2, 2026
It's common to find centres trusting years of data to a manual copy on an external drive or a USB stick that someone remembers — or forgets — to update every so often. The problem isn't just forgetfulness: a single physical device can also fail, go missing, or get damaged the same day as the computer running the software.
Local and remote, not one or the other
A local backup protects against everyday mistakes: accidental deletions, software glitches, an update gone wrong. A remote backup protects against something happening to the building itself: hardware failure, theft, fire. Neither one replaces the other.
Frequency matters as much as where it's stored
A month-old backup isn't much use if you need to recover yesterday's clinical evolution notes today. How often you back up should match how much information your centre generates each day — and in a care home, that's usually a lot.
What to ask before trusting your current setup
- Do you know exactly when the last backup ran?
- Has anyone ever tested restoring it, or has it only ever been confirmed that "a file was created"?
- Does it depend on one specific person remembering to run it?
If any of these give you pause, it's a good time to review your setup. With Resiges, local and remote backups are configured once and keep running on their own.