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A) The Why, What & How Of Backing Up

B) What You Should Look For In A Backup Solution?

C) Why Use Netrepid & Vembu StoreGrid?


A) The Why, What & How of Backing Up


Why Back Up?

• Data is the lifeblood of your company

– Mail, Databases (SQL, Exchange, etc), Records, Invoices, Presentations,

Contracts, etc: everything is ‘data’

• The amount of data created by the average user/company is increasing

exponentially.

• According to the Contingency Planning Research & Strategic Research

Corporation:

– 43% of U.S. companies experiencing disasters never re-open, and 29% close

within 2 years.

– 43% of lost or stolen data is valued at $5 million.

– Most companies value 100MB of data at more than $1million.

• The loss of revenue for each hour of downtime varies from industry to

industry

• What’s YOUR cost of downtime?

Don’t wait to find out!

So I Back Up My Servers and I’m Done, Right?

It’s certainly a start!

But you’re not really done …


Why Back Up PCs?

• Between 40-80% of business critical data resides on the hard

drives of laptops & desktops

– 60-70% of laptops & desktops are never backed up

• These days 50% of computers sold to businesses are laptops

– 10% of laptops are stolen - annually

– 15% of all laptops will suffer some form of hardware damage in a

given year

• 6% of all PCs will suffer a ‘data loss incident’ in a given year

– The average ‘incident’ costs a company $2,557

– Average time to recover lost data = 6 hours (if a person is

employed/available to do it)

• Some small firms don’t have servers, anyway! In these cases,

100% of Business Critical Data is on PCs!


What Should I Back Up?

• Think data: data that is proprietary to you / your company and

cannot be replaced, eg.

– E-Mail, Databases (SQL, Exchange, etc), Customer Records, Invoices

& other Financial Data, Presentations, Collateral, Contracts, Pictures,

Drawings, Your Bookmarks, Your Desktop, Your Appointments,

Contacts, To Do list in Outlook, Files you’ve synchronized from your

cell phone to your PC, Your ‘My Documents’ folder…

• What don’t you need to back up?

– Anything that’s easily replaceable! Installed software, typically your

Operating System and applications – are replaceable! They’re

available on a CD for download, and with the license keys, you can

get them up and running quickly. So you don’t need to spend time,

effort & money backing this up. Maybe it’s a good idea to store all

your license keys in a simple text/xls file and back that up, though


How Should I Back Up?

For starters, any backup is better than no backup. But if you’re planning to

start off safeguarding your data, you might as well do it right. Typical

options are:

• Back up to removable media (CD/DVD/USB)

– While this might work for really small amounts of data, it is not automatic (relies on

human intervention). Typically, you take a full backup each time (not just the

changes), and most importantly, the data is still on-site. In case of a disaster, your

backups are of little help!

• Back up to tape

– Enough has been written about the pitfalls of tape backups – from people running

into burning buildings to recover tapes they never bothered sending offsite to stolen

tapes with credit card details to tape deterioration that was discovered when a

customer needed to restore his data. Besides, tape restores are cumbersome and

require sys admin intervention even if all you want is to restore a single file before

that meeting in the afternoon.

The best option, really, is backing up ‘Disk to Disk (D2D)’…


How Should I Back Up?

• Back up to an on-site machine (backup server)

– Certainly an improvement! As long as you have the right software, you

should be able to backup automatically, incrementally and securely, and

restore painlessly and quickly. But bear in mind that your data is still ‘on-

site’. In case of a natural disaster / calamity / theft / vandalism, that’s of

no help unless you’re replicating your data to a remote server…

• Back up to a remote server (online backup)

– The safest of the lot since your data is off-site and there is a online

backup service provider focused on facilitating your backup & restore

operations.

There are a few things you should look for in an online

backup solution…


B) What You Should Look For In A

Backup Solution?


Checklist: ‘Must Haves’ from an Online Backup Solution

1. Ease of Use

We can’t emphasize enough about how

important this is. Considering the fact that

backups are not the most pleasant of tasks

one wants to (but needs to) do, the easier

it is to do it, the better. An intuitive, user

friendly user interface goes a long way

towards better backup habits!

2. Flexibility

Your IT environment is unique to you. The

last thing you need is a ‘backup service’

that places demands for additional

infrastructure. Or for that matter, one that

only works on one OS / application. Look

for something comprehensive that works

with your existing resources!

3. Automated

Lets face it – no one remembers to back

up. Look for a solution that, once

configured, can indefinitely run by itself as

per a pre determined schedule and

settings. Ideally, you should be able to

backup different sets of data differently -

continuously, daily, weekly, etc.

4. Transparent

A backup solution that’s easy to use,

flexible and automated doesn’t help much if

it ‘hogs’ your computer while backing up!

The ideal backup solution runs quietly in

the background and periodically assures

you that everything is under control.



5. Secure

That’s YOUR data you’re backing up – over

the internet. Its very important to ensure

that the data is encrypted before it leaves

your computers. Make sure that the

encryption algorithm is powerful and

supports higher ‘bit’ keys for added

security.

6. Incremental Backups

With a good incremental backup solution,

once you’ve completed the first (large)

backup, the ideal solution will monitor your

data for changes and back up only the

changed parts saving you bandwidth (time

& money). A must have feature!

7. Compression

While on the subject of conserving

bandwidth, it is important to compress your

data optimally so that you can reduce the

bandwidth/ time/money spent in sending

data to the remote server. Look out for

configurable compression where you choose

what works best for you!

8. Restore

A backup solution is only as good as its

ability to restore data – after all that’s what

it is for in the first place! Besides ‘ease of

restore’, the ability to restore a single file if

required, deleted files and older versions of

files is important.



9. Infrastructure

Make sure you know more about where

your data is being backed up. How

protected is the remote server itself, and

where it is hosted? Is the server itself

backed up / replicated? A good service

provider should be comfortable telling you

all this!

10. Pricing / Support

If you’ve taken care of all the items

mentioned so far, you shouldn’t be having

many support issues. But it is good to know

that help is available if & when needed.

And of course, pricing – flexible &

reasonable monthly / annual plans based

on your data requirements are key!


C) Why Use Netrepid & Vembu StoreGrid?


Our Infrastructure

• Full redundant environment to ensure the highest level of

performance and uptime.

• Multiple layers of physical security including cameras,

alarms, biometrics, and annual audits.

• Full protection of data integrity and quick, reliable

backups and file level restoration.

• Ability to continue business and guard against physical

and environmental disasters.

• Full availability to grow and expand physical resources as

business needs dictate.

• Utilize greater hardware and data redundancy by

virtualization of your servers.


Our Service

• Online Backup Services from Netrepid – powered by

Vembu StoreGrid – include:

– Offsite backups

– Emergency restorations

– Data recovery

• Pricing plans start at $4.00 per month, per device, plus

storage.

• Storage plans are priced per GB, per month.

• For full details or to get a custom quote for your online

backup, please visit us on the web…

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Our Software

We Use Vembu StoreGrid Backup Software to Provide

our Online Backup Services.

Here’s why...


: In A Nutshell

FLEXIBLE

AUTOMATIC

SECURE

FEATURE PACKED

EASY RESTORES

• Once configured, runs automatically

• Every conceivable scheduling option (including multiple full backups) available

• Works quietly in the background

• Automatic Directory monitoring available

Intuitive user friendly User Interface supports 1-Click Selections for common backup tasks and easy end user restore capability Here’s a preview…

Offers between 64 – 448 bit encryption using the powerful, military strength Blowfish algorithm

Restore • Single Files • Deleted Files • Older versions of files

…with ease

USER FRIENDLY…

• Designed for servers, laptops & desktops

• Backs up SQL, Exchange and user data like My Docs, Outlook, etc

• Works across Windows, Linux, Mac & FreeBSD

• Intelli-Delta Technology captures byte level differences in files with the powerful RSYNC algorithm

• Ability to take the 1st backup locally, and do incremental backups online, thereafter

• Powerful compression • Detailed graphical reporting • Supports Exchange, SQL, System state/Active directory backups and lots more..


StoreGrid User Interface

Intuitive browser based User Interface remains the same in

Windows, Linux, Mac & FreeBSD.

Also remains the same across IE, Firefox, Safari, Netscape & Opera

browsers



Make as many schedules as you want – each with its rules.

Call them anything you wish!



1-Click preset selections – easily backup files and folders you

commonly use like Outlook, IE favourites, Firefox favourites,

Server Backups, System state /Active Directory support



Backup server(s) easily selectable. We (your service

provider) can also preset this for you



Backed up data can be compressed as desired; CPU utilization can also

be configured to use system bandwidth as you

please



StoreGrid's Intelli-Delta Technology ensures only

changes in files & folders are backed up - saves bandwidth,

and space


StoreGrid User Interface Robust data encryption (64-448

bit) with password protection ensures no one sees your backed up data – they won’t even know if

it’s a .xls or a .doc !



Every conceivable scheduling option is available – just decide

when/how often you want to backup and StoreGrid takes care

of the rest – quietly in the background



Easy restore capabilities.

Restore a single file, an earlier

version of a file, and even deleted

files



User friendly backup status reporting from a powerful database – in addition to StoreGrid alerts that

let you know what’s happening



Easy Customer management Features help us manage

your backups better

And LOTS More!


Know More @

www.netrepid.com/hosted-services/remote-backup/

(For More Information On Our Backup Services)

www.vembu.com

(For More Information On Vembu StoreGrid)

Note: Vembu Technologies DOES NOT offer backup services on its own and only

enables partners (like Netrepid) to offer state of the art

online backup services.

http://www.netrepid.com/hosted-services/remote-backup/





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