With an organization’s data being the lifeblood of the business, an effective and efficient back-up process is crucial to protect hard-earned information and critical records.

Forming a fundamental part of a business continuity or disaster recovery plan, a back-up procedure must ensure that vital information is preserved and can be fully restored.

As important as the implementation of a capable back-up system is the monitoring and management of the system, including:

• Monitoring the success of the back-ups.
• Restore tests to ensure the validity of the data.
• Documented strategy to identify the data being backed-up and control any changes or additions.
• Contact details or comprehensive instructions for data recovery.
  

We are able to provide a number of different solutions, dependent upon your preferences, volume of data and required restore times.

Tape Back-up
Still a popular method and can be reliable if procedures regarding tape storage and security are adhered to and processes such as restore checks are routinely conducted.

Online Back-up
An ideal solution for businesses with a limited amount of data to back-up. The transit time via the Internet may make it unsuitable for businesses with larger amounts of data. In addition, the restore options available are largely limited to file only, as opposed to bare metal restore, etc.

Disk 2 Disk Back-up
Providing a higher end solution and removing the need for many administration tasks, such as performing nightly or even hourly back-ups of critical data. Businesses with more than one site are able to replicate these devices between sites, negating the need to manually remove and store data off-site.