Big Sur Remote Backup Solutions

Big Sur Remote Backup is a safe, automated backup and restoration system providing powerful tools to protect important data. Unlike traditional data protection tools, Big Sur Remote Backup is simple to use and does not require any human assistance beyond the initial setup.

There is no media to install, remove, protect, or replace. Big Sur Remote Backup is highly secure and only you the user has access to your own stored data.

Your valuable data is encrypted and stored at a Secure Data Center. Without your password, no one else can read or use your confidential information. Not even Big Sur Technologies' Staff; its that secure!

Our easy-to-use system is flexible in how often to backup and how many previous versions of the data are kept. Because only the Data Changes (Deltas) are stored, very small amounts of storage are used to maintain versions. Big Sur Remote Backup can even help when data is destroyed by mistake because Big Sur Remote Backup maintains copies of deleted files for a period of time preventing accidental deletions. This valuable tool will come in very handy one day, guaranteed!

Call 813-269-9145 ext 227 for your Backup Assessment.

Simple
• Backup From Anywhere
• Backup Anytime
• Minimum Effort
• Minimum Time
• Flexible Version Control

Safe
• Secure Off-Site Storage
• No Hardware to Fail
• No Hardware to Maintain
• Redundant Backups
• Automated Backups

Secure
• 256 bit Encryption
• Password Protects Access
• Passphrase Protects Data
• Encrypted Account Data
• Only You Have Access

How Long Do Backup Tapes Last?

The period of time that a backup tape will last depends entirely on whether you're talking about how long a tape will hold data or how long until it wears out from constant re-use. Generally, good-quality backup tapes will last for at least 10 years if they are kept under "reasonable conditions". Reasonable conditions means constant room temperature, humidity, and the like. If you're comfortable, your tapes are comfortable. Heat and dust are the greatest enemies of tapes in storage, so keep them in their dust-proof containers, as well as keeping them at room temperature.

Tapes that are being used to back up data will eventually wear out after a number of passes through the tape drive. How soon this happens depends partially on conditions, but mostly on how often the tape is used. Do you have any video tapes that you've watched so often that the tape wears out? It's the same principle.

Assuming the tapes are operated at reasonable temperature and humidity, and they are protected from dust and dirt, the "tape life" will depend on how many passes the tape makes through the drive. This is usually a function of how many times the tape is used at normal speed, but if the tape 'shoeshines' (runs back and forth as it records the data) because the system can't feed data to the tape fast enough, the life expectancy of the tape will be greatly reduced.

Managed Services - Remote Backup Solutions

"Recently there was a fire in the building of one of our customers where we implemented a disk backup, and the Big Sur Remote Backup solution. As a result of the fire, the suite and their computer room was totally destroyed. Because of the newly installed disk backup and the protection of the off-site replication, we were able to be up an running in less than 1 hour.”

Charles Love, Technical Services Manager for Big Sur Technologies, talking about how this solution helped another customer recover from a disaster. Fast!

Since you don't want to take a chance on losing the data on the tape, a good rule of thumb is to replace your backup tapes at least once a year. This is almost always well before the tape shows signs of serious wear, so you can use tapes that are reaching the end of their useful life to archive data that will not be accessed frequently. Once a tape shows sign of wear, any data on that tape becomes venerable.

Lets also think about disaster recovery. Customers will often take their tapes offsite every night. If some type of incident were to occur and you were denied access to the tape drive, how would you restore the data? It should also be noted that tape drives that are more then a year old are generally hard to find from suppliers. The question we ask the most is how old are your tapes and drive, and do you have a spare drive? If you lost your server, could your business stand to be without data for weeks while a replacement drive is located?

How Can Big Sur Help With Our Backups?

We offer several solutions to our customers, that our NetCare engineers will be happy to tailor to your specific needs. Most commonly in the small to medium business area we leverage two additional types of Backup methods. “Backup to Disk” and “Offsite Backup” - When we use backup to disk, we are not bound by the limits of any tape drive. When we use offsite remote backup, we know our data is safe, but we are limited to an Internet connection. If there is a disaster, will you have Internet? All of these options can be discussed with your Business Development Manager and Assigned SE.