Remote Backup- Off Site, Every Night

Here's how it works...

Datastor Computer Services operates secure Backup Servers at our PerthIX Data Centre. Your system runs a program called a Backup Client on one unit of your network.

Your Backup Client computer and  File Server remain on at night. During the night, while your business is closed, the software checks to see which files have been used that day, and which need to be backed up.

The software makes an encrypted and compressed set of backup files. It then connects automatically with the Backup Server by one of the available methods and sends the backup. Our Server stores the data and the client computer disconnects.

Forget about trying to keep track of floppy disks, Zip Disks and CD-ROMS. With Datastor, you know your data is secure, and you don't have to remember to backup! Datastor does it for you.

Cost...

Datastor Computer Services offers a range of options for your data protection.  The following rates apply to single servers on WAIX connections, such as Westnet or iinet. Choose your own plan. As your needs grow, your Datastor backup plan grows with you. It's that easy!

 

Options     Service Level     Monthly Service Fee    
Plan 1 10 GB $90.00
Plan 2 50 GB $190.00
Plan 3 100 GB $290.00
Plan 4 200 GB $390.00

Our Customers...

Datastor Computer Services provides Backup Services for hundreds of users. Our satisfied customers include local councils, such as the Town of East Fremantle, listed public companies, engineers, mining service providers, accountancy practices, law firms, veterinary hospitals, Murdoch University, automotive services businesses and many other organisations.

Technical Stuff...

Remote Backups work basically like regular backups, with one important difference. Instead of sending backups to a tape drive or other media attached to the computer it is backing up, a Remote Backup sends it over your network link, to a secure and safe off-site location. It does this usually at night while the business is closed and nobody is using the computers. It is completely automatic. In fact, you may even forget it is working every night. If you prefer, the system can be set to operate on demand, at your command, at any time.

The system automatically sends copies of your critical computer files to a secure, off-site location, giving you the confidence and security large computer users have enjoyed for decades.

Most small businesses put their lives on the line every night and don't realize it. With businesses depending more and more on the data stored in their computers, proper backups are becoming much more critical. Remote Backups accomplish several essential steps that are often overlooked or done improperly by other backup software - especially in the regular non-automated backup systems.

  • Backups are done on schedule, every night. Most businesses don't do this. For one reason or another, they don't keep a regular backup regimen. Usually its because the person responsible for doing backups (if there is one) is too busy doing something else, or someone is using the computer when its time for a backup, or they simply forget. Since Datastor's Remote Backups are done with automated software at night, when nobody is using the computer, backups are always done on schedule.
     
  • Redundant copies of files are stored using a sophisticated version control system. This is much too important to overlook. The general definition of "proper" backups requires redundancy. That is, one must keep multiple copies of the same files at different points in their development, called versions. As an example, you should have a different copy of each backed-up file for each day of the week, one for each week in the month, and so on. Further, you should be able to easily restore any of your files up to any given point in time. Banks do it, big corporations do it, and so should small businesses. Only our  Remote system has such an easy to use version control system.
     
  • Backups are encrypted for complete security. Would you want someone to be able to slip one of your backup tapes into a pocket and take it to your competitor? It happens all the time. Tape backups are generally not encrypted, so anyone can read them and gain access to your client database, billing records, payroll, tax information, and everything else on your computer. Our Remote Backup encrypts it's backups for complete security. Nobody, not even our staff, can access client data without permission.

Security Security is based on a combination of live security guards, security cardkey access, visual surveillance from the control room, video monitoring, remote reporting and biometrics.

Finally and most importantly - Backups are sent off-site immediately and stored safely away from the computer and the business. This is where almost every business makes its biggest mistake. Even if you do everything else perfectly, your backups are of little use if your building burns, or you are unable to physically recover your tapes from the premises. Most small companies that do backups leave the tapes in the building with the computer, where they can be destroyed right along with the computer. Of course, you can see that this would be a problem in a fire or an earthquake. But there are other problems.

The US Federal Trade Centre bombing is a good example. Even businesses that were doing backups and had good, undamaged tapes in the building had to shut down. Many went out of business simply because they couldn't get their data. So, they couldn't continue their business. Datastor Computer Services' Remote Backup solves this problem by storing this valuable data off site. So, a business can be back up and running with new computers and their latest data in a matter of hours.

Introductory Offer...

To introduce our service we offer to install the package, with no installation charge, and run it for a month. If at the end of that month you are not completely satisfied with our service, our costs, or any aspect of the business then simply tear up our invoice. Our business ethos is one of Extreme Service and we aim to prove it, regularly.

To arrange for your business data to be backed up, safely and regularly,
click here to contact Datastor Computer Services now

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