Online Data Backup and eVaulting
Every business must be prepared for a data disaster. A disaster can range from a simple hard drive failure to environmental desasters that destroy entire data centers. If you are without mission critical data it could put you out of business for hours or maybe forever.
For years IT departments used tape backups. All the data on a server was copied onto a magnetic tape and taken to an off-site location. This eliminted the risk of a disaster to the primary business location.
The problem with offsite tape rotation are the expensive and security flaws. Lets look at the expense first. Assuming you have 15 gigabytes of data to backup and use a daily rotation for a month the costs quickly escalate:
Description |
Cost |
Quantity |
Annual Cost |
| Tapes (one per day) | $50 |
30 |
$1,500 |
| System Administrator (4 hours per week) | $25 |
1,300 |
$1,300 |
| Off-site Storage ($0.5 per tape per week) | $0.5 |
1 |
$780 |
| Courier Service (Daily Rotation) | $13 |
360 |
$4,680 |
| Annual Costs | $8260 |
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Along with the high cost is the risk of transporting backup tapes. Several recent stories about tapes being lost or left in cars hightlight the need to carefully monitor any tape rotation service.
The answer for an increasing number of businesses is to use an online backup service. Your data is backed up nightly via an Internet connection. The data is mirrored at two data centers to further garuantee the data. For security the data is encrypted before it is sent. This makes it mathematically impossible to be stolen.
Record Nations can help you find the right online backup service for your needs. We get you up to four competitive quotes with one simple request. Come see why we are the first choice for data backup solutions.