Remote Online Backup
Automated offsite data storage using online backup
Implementing an offsite data storage solution is important because businesses depend on data; data sits in an office – offices are vulnerable.
- Critical data such as accounts, contracts, email, proposals, databases, projects are typically the most valuable asset many businesses own.
- Today, 70% of business data lives on computers stored onsite: servers, PCs, laptops, HQ, branch offices.
- Hi-impact events such as fire, flood, and theft can be devastating; low-impact events such as power-cuts etc are disruptive and inefficient.
- Two out of five businesses that are shut down for three days aren’t around three years later.
- Professional reputations & brands are at risk if their customers’ data is lost or exposed.
- Laws and regulations demand businesses make best efforts to protect their own and their customers data. These regulations can include those imposed by the Data Protection Act, The Financial Services Authority, commercial insurance policies, etc.
Typical costs for automated offsite data storage through online backup
Offsite data storage costs vary according the type and volume of data being protected, the retention history required and the ‘quality’ of the storage vaults:
- Simple ‘file data’ is cheaper to protect than complex databases such as Microsoft Exchange or Oracle.
- Daily backups are cheaper than real-time backups (also referred to as Continual Data Protection or CDP).
- As the volume of data increases, the price increases – but the rate per unit reduces. The unit of measure is usual Gigabyte (GB). Thus increasing the volume of GB, reduces the price per GB.
- Sending data to a single backup server in a single location is much cheaper that using dual ‘tier-4’ (or highly resilient) data centres. The latter ensures that data stored offsite is virtually guaranteed to be recoverable.
