What is offsite backup?
Fortunately, today, most organisations are clear about the need to protect their most important asset - their data. Human error, a PC crash, a virus, malicious actions, flood, fire, theft or loss of a laptop - can all too easily put this data and therefore your business at risk.
An offsite backup is a secure, simple and affordable alternative to a traditional tape back-up solution - it's the ultimate process for safe storage of business information at a location other than your company site.
What are the benefits of offsite backup?
Offsite backup is cheaper, faster and better than tape backup. Fact.
Cheaper
- No capital outlay, pay a fixed monthly amount
- No set up or license fees
- Zero / low operating costs
- Zero staff time needed for backup / recovery
- Zero tape storage costs
Faster
- Installation is complete within minutes - even for non computer staff
- No waiting to find the right tape or for someone to find the time to recover lost data
Better
- Automated daily backup provides comprehensive protection and zero hassle
- Multiple versions of files are backed up, ensuring fine-grain protection
- Less down-time and reduced lost productivity - as files can be recovered instantly
- Web browser access to backed up files for when travelling or at home
- Works with individual PCs / laptops and file servers / network shares
- Secure technology and secure mirrored data centres in the UK
- Ability to share files with co-workers, clients or home PCs
How does offsite backup work?
A small software agent is installed on the computer. This software helps select the data to be backed up, manages the connection to the internet and the encryption / compression of the data - prior to transferring it to the data centres. A simple view is provided to see, select and restore backed up documents.
- Backups can be performed at any time with a single click or be set for hassle-free scheduled backup
- Security is provided through secure-socket connections to the data centres, upto 448-bit encryption and account passwords
- Data can be accessed via the software agent at any time or via a web browser when travelling away from the office
- CD's can be ordered containing a copy of the software agent, as well as all backed up data in case of complete PC / disk loss - or for archiving.
Who uses offsite backup?
Offsite Backup is used by tens of thousands of organisations of all sizes and from all sectors in the UK.
What are the limitations of offsite backup?
Offsite Backup needs an internet connection to work. This can be traditional dial-up or ISDN for smaller data volumes, or ideally a broadband connection such as ADSL, Cable, DSL and Leased Line. These have the advantage of faster transmission rates, no usage call charges and the ability to handle large volumes of data.
The initial backup process can take some time, because a full copy of the data must be encrypted, compressed and copied to the data centres. Further daily backups are significantly faster because file changes only are transmitted. These changes are typically at a 'block' level within a file i.e. if a change is made to a previously backed up document, only the change to that document is sent, not the whole document.
Is offsite backup secure?
Offsite backup is secure. Only secure socket connections are made to the offsite data centres and data is encrypted upto 448-bit level (military grade) before transmission. Data never travels un-encrypted, including during a restore process.
One of the cardinal rules when using computers is to back-up your files regularly. As your business grows, the data you store on your network will become more and more valuable and essential to continued development and therefore success.
Could your business survive without data?
WYSIWYG-IT can provide a fully automated offsite backup facility using software technology normally only affordable by large enterprises.
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