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Online Backup versus Tape backup

SecuriData’s Online Backup versus Tape backup

SecuriData’s disk-based online backup and recovery solution is fast becoming the UK’s No.1 choice in replacing tape backups in small to medium sized businesses.

 

SecuriData

Tapes


Automated Backup


Complete and accurate backups of all data and system files are performed on an hourly, daily and weekly basis without user intervention. Once SecuriData
is set up, it is essentially a hassle free, automated and secure data backup solution. Clients also receive email notifications after each backup or restore process ensuring that a full data verification and process tracking procedure is maintained. 

Conclusion
: Using SecuriData’s data backup service will safeguard your business against corrupt data and free up your IT staff. SecuriData creates efficiencies saving your business both time and money.





Performing a tape-based backup is time-consuming and prone to human error.

Tape backup also needs to be verified against data corruption – another time intensive procedural issue.


Offsite Data Storage


SecuriData gets your data off-site automatically. Ensures that all files are securely stored away from your physical location in the event of fire, theft, etc. Fully automated procedure means you have no more tapes to keep track of and no more hassle and expense in transporting tapes to off-site locations.
Conclusion: SecuriData’s online data backup service eliminates the time and cost of your staff transporting backup tapes offsite and into secure offsite storage. SecuriData creates efficiencies, achieves data protection act compliancy, whilst saving your business time, effort and money.




Transportation of tapes to and from the off-site storage is time-consuming, expensive and inconvenient. Many businesses fail to ensure this crucial process is strictly adhered to, leaving them exposed to fire, theft, flood etc...


Maintenance


With SecuriData, your data is stored on fault tolerant (raid 5) storage devices in redundant high security data center facilities. SecuriData’s low monthly service charge includes all costs of hardware, software, connectivity and maintenance.
Conclusion: SecuriData’s data backup service eliminates the time and cost of your staff maintaining, upgrading or installing new tapes or drives –
SecuriData creates efficiencies - saves time and money.



Tapes need to be cleaned and replaced on a regular basis. Tape degradation often results in failure to backup and failure to restore your data. Tape drives and backup software needs to be upgraded periodically creating expenditure not only for the equipment but also the installation.


File Restore


With SecuriData, all files are instantly available online for quick and easy retrieval 24 hours a day – every day. Users can restore a single file or an entire directory in a simple “self service” click of a mouse.
Conclusion: Using SecuriData will vastly reduce staff downtime by enabling users themselves to restore lost or corrupted files simply and swiftly, without the need to engage the valuable IT resources of your business. SecuriData reduces downtime, creates efficiencies by freeing up resources, saving your business both time and money.



Tape-based file or directory recovery can be unreliable and very time-consuming.

Restoration of single files can also be very difficult. Users often require assistance from IT personnel in order to restore successfully.


System Restore


Available after a system backup, SecuriData enables users to restore their system configuration to that of any previous system backup, effectively creating a clone machine with exact data and applications settings as before.
By using SecuriData’s “point-in-time” rollback feature, users can even undo the damage caused by a virus attack or disaster and restore the infected PC, Server or Laptop back to a “pre-virus” working state.
Conclusion: SecuriData’s online data backup service greatly reduces downtime in the event of a server data disaster - restoring system or corrupted files simply, securely and swiftly. SecuriData reduces downtime, increases data availability, provides business continuity insurance, creates efficiencies. frees up resources which in turn saves your business time and money.      




Tape backups are simply not reliable enough nor are they capable of this level of efficiency.

Using tapes, what would be your position in the event that all your main file server data was corrupted? 
Huge downtime implication if a server or network goes “down” – Tape-based backup simply cannot provide a reliable business disaster continuity platform.

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