Benefits of Online Backups

Improved Reliability – A study by a leading storage industry publication found that tape backups are unreliable. When testing the their tape backups, over 75% found they were unable to fully recover from their tapes. In contrast, over 80% of businesses reported that 80-100% of disk-based backup recoveries were successful. A significant increase in reliability.

Increased Staff Productivity – Tape backups still require a lot of IT staff time compared to the relatively little time required of online backups. The reduction in the testing and manual handling of manual tapes provided by an online backup service makes your IT staff available to perform more productive tasks.

Data Protection – An online backup service can be structured to virtually eliminate data loss. This permits the restoration of data from right before a disaster.

Higher Performance – Online data backup provides faster restores that tape-based backup methods. Faster restores mean you are up and running faster after a data loss incident.

Compliance Legislation – Legislation has been enacted requiring companies to implement controls to safeguard their data and make it available when needed to comply with internal and external audits and reporting. Incorporating online backups as part of data safeguarding efforts can help your businesses comply with legislative mandates.

Cost Effective – Using an online backup service for offsite backups is more cost-effective than offsite tape-based offsite services. The costs involved with tape-based offsite services include:

• Emergency recall charges
• Tape drive upgrade and maintenance costs
• Tape media replacement, handling and labeling
• Storage chares
• Software license and maintenance contracts for tape backup software

Piece-of-Mind – Arguably the largest intangible and perhaps the most important is the piece-of-mind that online backups bring to an organization. With email status reports sent everyday and knowing that data files are available securely via the Internet, you can rest assured that you are prepared for a data loss event.