Backup Protection since 2003
Data Shield Remote Backup has been providing offsite data backup services for small to large businesses since 2003.
Backup methods have changed dramatically since then with technology and available resources allowing small and medium size businesses feasible opportunity to use remote backup strategies. The technology Data Shield Remote Backup operates has been in use since 1987. It is utilized in more than 63 countries and is the most widely used subscription based online backup software in the world.
Data Shield Remote Backup supports various levels of encryption standards and bit lengths. You can choose no encryption (for fastest upload) up to the most secure encryption (slowest upload) which uses Rijndael AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) 256 bit, accepted by the NSA for use by the US Government for classified and Top Secret information.
It is our goal to offer a system that exceeds the high performance standards you would expect and at the same time provide you with flexibility, personal service and affordability.
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Backup Comparison
Backup Comparison
DataShield vs. Tape Backup , External Hard Drive, USB stick
Many business owners and managers are under the impression that if they have a backup drive located on their network, that they are safe from data loss. Real world experiences of those who have tried to restore lost data with failed backup drives tell a dramatically different story.
Having a tape or external drive backup is better than having no data backup at all – about half the time. Failure rates of tape backups are very high and have been estimated at 50% or greater, depending on the source. In many cases, a backup tape drive simply provides a false sense of security, and doesn’t provide the needed data recovery in a time of crisis. Online data backup, on the other hand, provides many of the benefits of tape backup without the expensive and finicky hardware – and with dramatically higher recovery success ratios.
Tape Drives are completely dependent on human interaction. Someone in your organization has to manually configure and load tapes, perform server backups, verify the authenticity of the backup, and transport the data backups offsite every day. DataShieldTM Remote Backup, by contrast, runs automatically as either a service or an application with no human intervention or dependency. The data are transported offsite automatically, insuring that even in the worst case scenario your data is available for restore.
If you need assistance with online hard drive backup, DataShieldTM is a great place to start.
DataShieldTM vs. In-House Backup: A Cost/Benefit Analysis for Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs)
The key challenge for data backup activity at SMBs is that if there are existing backup processes in place, they usually don’t get done regularly and are performed in such a way that does not fully protect the organization. Copying data to CDs/DVDs, Tapes that are left on premises only insures that some data will be available for restore if the backup media is accessible after a data loss event – and if this data is taken offsite it is usually unencrypted, making it available for viewing and use by virtually anyone that might come into contact with it. Fires usually destroy backup media that are left onsite, and in many cases the affected premises are off-limits to everyone for many days after a fire or other disaster. Finding a replacement for your obsolete tape drive may not be easy or even possible. Proper backups are done automatically, at non-peak business hours, are securely encrypted, are available for restore at any time, and are taken offsite – every night.
The time and processes spent verifying the backups were successful and are restorable (you DO verify your backups, right?) is also a critical component in any backup plan. The worst time to discover that your backups are not current, or that they are incomplete or corrupted, is after the primary data store is gone.
Costs for proper in-house SMB data backup include:
• Employee time – backing up: (daily) ½ – 1 hour
• Backup Media: $2 – $200 – depending on format
• Hardware: $200 to $8000 depending on format
• Employee time – verifying backups: (weekly) 1 hour
• Employee time – swapping media: (daily) .25 hours+
Assuming that the employee responsible for the backups, removal of media, verifications and restore processes is on a salary of at least $30,000 per year, and using the minimum time dedications outlined above, the cost of properly backing up an SMBs data is about $71.25 per week, $285 per month, and $3420 per year – not including hardware. If you factor in the cost of true manual ‘rotation’ of backup copies to a secure offsite location using a courier service ($300 per month+) and the aggregate costs associated with restoring data from tapes or the internal costs of managing a single total loss/restore event, the costs of in-house backup can skyrocket to well over double the previous estimate.
Compare this to DataShieldTM service, operating automatically at non-peak hours, and without imposing on your existing staff or adding hardware or media resources of any type. Typical charges for a basic DataShieldTM service might be $45-$75 per month, resulting in a minimum cost savings of between $2520 and $2820 per year.
The costs associated with restoring data backups are perhaps the largest potential cost exposure for an SMB. In most cases, a professional will be required to configure new hardware, restore operating systems and application software, and to properly restore the critical data to its original state. A DataShieldTM provider is typically well-versed in your network architecture, data construct, and customer touch-points. The cost of restoring data is typically included in the low monthly cost of a backup service, or is specified in the contract for DataShieldTM service.
If an SMB is currently handling their own backups in accordance with the guidelines outlined above (and most aren’t), they are already spending over three times the cost of an automated, encrypted, and offsite DataShieldTM service.
DataShieldTM Sample Comparison Matrix
A Cost/Benefit Analysis for Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs)
| Description of Expenses – Start up Costs | ||
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Traditional ‘legacy’ Backup
service |
DataShieldTMRemote Backup Service
|
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| Tape Hardware, other backup media and Backup Software |
$1200 – 6000+
|
Included
|
| Tapes, DVDs/CDs, cleaning cartridges, etc. |
$100 – 500
|
No Cost
|
| Activation/Setup Fees |
$500 – $1000
|
Included
|
| Recurring Costs | ||
| Backup Administrator – daily backup tasks |
$$$$
|
Included
|
| Maintenance/Tapes |
$$$$
|
No Cost
|
| Off-site transport and storage |
$$$$
|
Included
|
| Monthly service fees |
$$$$
|
Starts at $14.95 per month
|
| Employee Time, daily, weekly, monthly |
$$$$
|
Included
|
Data Protection
Are you protecting your most valuable business asset?
What would happen if you lost all the data on your computer – backup tapes and all?
Studies show most businesses that experience a catastrophic loss of computer data never recover. Our Remote Backup Service can help protect your business by using a telephone modem to send copies of your critical data files to our off-site data storage facility every night. There’s nothing you have to do. The system is automatic, affordable, and secure. No one can access your data, not even us. Your most valuable business asset will always be safe, even if your computers are not.
Computers can be replaced overnight.
Now, so can data.
Accidents do happen. Lightening strikes. Buildings burn. Thieves steal. Floods rise. You can get a new computer tomorrow. But, how long would it take you to reenter all the business data that your very livelihood depends on? Weeks? Months?
We can measure that job in hours, not months.
Our DataShield Backup Service can help protect your business by using a modem to send copies of your critical data files to our off-site data storage facility every night. There’s nothing you have to do. The system is automatic, affordable, and secure. No one can access your data, not even us. Your most valuable business asset will always be safe, even if your computers are not.
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