You were hired almost a month ago as the new IT expert soon after the old IT expert was shown the door; it would seem he knew precisely enough to impress the old general manager but not even close to enough to impress the new ops manager. You were informed when she hired you that you would have a lot of work ahead of you and it turns out that she wasn't exaggerating. The computer network is a mess. There are old accounts and passwords though ought to be closed and the principal database is a disaster. To top it all off the entire mess is backed up on an outdated tape drive on a solitary tape. Or rather it was backed up until the night the drive failed three months ago.
There is a year end inventory approaching in a month's time and the everything needs to be reliably backed up before then. Obviously this was set as the main concern. You're not even certain if the three month old data on the tape is dependable. You've been asked to quickly find a good remote server backup system. But, what are the attributes of a decent system?
Highly secure
The most important characteristic of a good remote server backup is security. You'll be trusting not only your network data and your entire inventory and sales data but all of your current confidential client information which is expanding every day. You must know that the encryption supplied is going to reflect the sensitive and strategic character of the data. You have to find out about key generation and management as well.
Thoroughly redundant
You have to know that your backup database is going to be stored on redundant servers in discrete locations to make sure that it won't be susceptible to catastrophic failures like fires and earthquakes.
Quick and easy to use.
Modern day server backup systems should be easy to run. Once they're in position they should be easy to operate and maintain. More to the point in the event of a system failure or data loss the recovery process ought to be self-explanatory and simple. You must know that you can have easy access to your backup 24 hours a day.
Affordable
As with anything else, you need to know what exactly you're paying for. Are you paying for space on the remote servers? Are you paying based on encrypted data or unencrypted? Are you paying for data transfer? You have to have a crystal clear contract that carefully explains the fee structure and how it will change over time once your data needs increase.
Remote server backup and recovery systems are a big thriving business nowadays. The competition is intense and so it is worth shopping around for the solution that works best for your company. chuck out the ratty old tape drives and rest a little easier knowing that if anything goes awry at the office your data is secure and accessible.
There is a year end inventory approaching in a month's time and the everything needs to be reliably backed up before then. Obviously this was set as the main concern. You're not even certain if the three month old data on the tape is dependable. You've been asked to quickly find a good remote server backup system. But, what are the attributes of a decent system?
Highly secure
The most important characteristic of a good remote server backup is security. You'll be trusting not only your network data and your entire inventory and sales data but all of your current confidential client information which is expanding every day. You must know that the encryption supplied is going to reflect the sensitive and strategic character of the data. You have to find out about key generation and management as well.
Thoroughly redundant
You have to know that your backup database is going to be stored on redundant servers in discrete locations to make sure that it won't be susceptible to catastrophic failures like fires and earthquakes.
Quick and easy to use.
Modern day server backup systems should be easy to run. Once they're in position they should be easy to operate and maintain. More to the point in the event of a system failure or data loss the recovery process ought to be self-explanatory and simple. You must know that you can have easy access to your backup 24 hours a day.
Affordable
As with anything else, you need to know what exactly you're paying for. Are you paying for space on the remote servers? Are you paying based on encrypted data or unencrypted? Are you paying for data transfer? You have to have a crystal clear contract that carefully explains the fee structure and how it will change over time once your data needs increase.
Remote server backup and recovery systems are a big thriving business nowadays. The competition is intense and so it is worth shopping around for the solution that works best for your company. chuck out the ratty old tape drives and rest a little easier knowing that if anything goes awry at the office your data is secure and accessible.
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