Offsite Data Storage & Backup -helpful information
“ 40% of businesses struck by a major system disaster go out of business within 5 years” – Gartner Group.
Offsite data storage and backup solutions provide an additional layer of protection in situations where onsite data backups are destroyed. The reality is that disasters such as theft of computers or servers, fires, corrupted data can all leave your business without part or all of its business data.
Offsite data storage solutions can provide a fast, efficient, reliable and secure method of ensuring your data is safe and can be access or restored at any time.
Understanding Offsite Data Storage
Offsite data backup and storage services utilise the Internet as the data transfer medium between your network and the service provider. The process works along the lines of: A backup program, which is provided by the service provider, firstly creates a compressed – for faster transmission – file containing all your data to be backed up. That file is then sent automatically to the service provider and stored in secure backup servers. Subsequent backups use FastBitting, which transmits only file differences and saves enormously on Internet bandwidth.
Some offsite data backup systems employ continuous online data protection (CDP) technology, which solves the 24-hour window problem by transmitting changes to the offsite backup server as soon as they have been committed to disk.
Business benefits Offsite Data Storage can deliver
Aside from the obvious benefits of having a backup practice within your business, the benefits of off-site backup services include:
a totally automated backup system, which unlike people, doesn’t forget to change tapes
in many cases, particularly for small businesses, a 12-month offsite backup service can cost less than a standard off-the-shelf backup tape drive
using CDP, data can be continually backed up to an off-site location, adding significantly to your disaster recovery planning
data backups can be scheduled at a time that suits your business operational hours
improved security over tapes, which can be stolen or lost
faster restore procedures, with Internet-based restores able to be achieved in a matter of minutes.
IT Directory
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