Backups and Recovery Service Phoenix
Backups and recovery service is incredibly important for every business. It is the insurance against a crisis that could happen in the future. BlueKey IT includes off-site backups with every IT Service agreement since it is so important for each business.
I have an on-site backup already. Is that enough?
What are off-site backups?
Hybrid Local and Cloud Backup Advantages
The best solution is to set up a hybrid backup that includes both on-site and off-site backups. BlueKey IT utilizes this solution for many of its clients since it gives the company the advantages of each solution. The local backup is set up to automatically backup data routinely without a staff member’s assistance. While an off-site backup is a perfect option so no on-site physical crisis will affect the data. Then if either fails, there is a backup solution for the company.
No one gets insurance because they want a medical condition but need to have it so good care is available if they need it. Backups act in the same way. A crisis can occur in the network and backups allow for the data to be recovered. Hard drives can fail, can be hacked or even get a virus and backups allow that data to be recovered. Physical threats like fires, flooding or robbery also can damage the network equipment. Employee error, disgruntled employees or robbery can also cause files to be lost. In each of these circumstances, different types of backups lead to data recovery. BlueKey prepares businesses if the worst happens with backups and a recovery plan.
60 percent of businesses have experienced a breach in the last 2 years. One of the worst types of viruses is ransomware where a hacker holds the company’s data hostage until a sum of money is paid. Having a good anti-virus protection program is helpful but it can be thwarted. If the data is backed up off-site, the virus can be destroyed and the data recovered without paying ransom. BlueKey IT uses proactive strategies to protect its clients so when the worst happens, the business data can be recovered.
Return to Operation (RTO) is a big deal. If the network is down, how much time can a business owner afford to have the company down? Having a backup allows for an image or duplicate of the same server to be restored quickly so staff can get back to business. If the local backup is available, it can be recovered within a few hours. An off-site backup can provide the same RTO but the time will be dependent on Internet speeds and the amount of data being recovered. Without a backup, the server would need to be rebuilt which can take a week or more to accomplish. Meanwhile access to workstations, printers and data would be lost until the server was rebuilt. Backups avoid downtime so employees can keep working and keep RTO times low.
Every moment staff is unable to work or work efficiently costs a business money. Paychecks still need to be paid, staff managed, products produced and sold during a crisis. A network that isn’t functioning can prevent each of these while still incurring the cost of staff. For example, a law firm may employee several lawyers. If each lawyer gets paid $4000 each week multiplied by five lawyers plus the inability to bill for more hours during that week, the loss could be $50,000 in losses for the week. Backups are a good guarantee, prevent data loss and loss of revenue during data recovery.
Backup speeds depend upon the size of the data, the Internet speed and the location of the backup. Local backups are directly connected to the network so are very quick to transfer data.
Data backups-How long will it take for company data to upload to the cloud with different Internet speeds?
