Online Backups:

Protecting your data
Think about this – how long could your company survive if you lost all of your data? The answer of course is – not very long. It is critical to have a structured plan to know that your data is safe if a disaster was to strike. In relation to disaster recovery for your data there are many options available. The key is to have a backup plan in place for your data and an offsite duplication process.

Consider what data you need to protect from email to financial software to shared documents and research the best method of backing them up. Also consider the availability of your data when recovery is needed. This includes Recovery Point and Recovery Time Objectives. For example, if you take overnight backups, the recovery point objective will often be the end of the previous day's activity.

Recovery time objectives (RTOs) and recovery point objectives (RPOs) are perhaps the most important key metrics when putting together a disaster recovery solution. An RTO is the amount of time it takes to recover from a disaster event, and an RPO is the amount of data, measured in time, that you can lose from that same event.

Data recovery time
Once you have looked at your mission critical data it is important you understand the length of time it will take to retrieve your data. In the case of online backup as your chosen method of backing up – all data can be restored with the click of your mouse – reducing down time. The turnaround time for data recover will depend on the recovery method of choice – see graph below

Eliminating the common backup mistakes with keepITsafe’s online backup solution
keepITsafe’s online backup is a unique online service that allows you to back up and instantly restore all data and files held on your system. It continuously backs up your data via the internet and stores it securely off-site in multiple data centres. This gives your data the VIP treatment it deserves and is also available for recovery 24/7. All installations are performed by experienced engineers and backups are monitored 7 days a week, with proactive issue resolution.
Once the online backup solution is set up data is automatically compressed, encrypted and securely transferred to keepITsafe’s primary data centre in Dublin. keepITsafe only transmits the data that has changed since the prior backup.  This means backups are lightening fast.