What If We Already Have a Tape Backup
System?
Using a tape backup system and Rampant Offsite Backup
Service (OBS) offers the best of both worlds. Critical files,
including billing, customer contact files and databases, can be
kept on the remote backup system. The tape system can be used to
create a full backup of the entire system once or twice a month,
instead of on a daily basis. The tapes and drive will last
longer and require less maintenance. The remote offsite backup
service can provide a quick and easy way to retrieve critical
files and databases without the hassle of searching through
tapes.
What If We Already Have a Zip Drive?
Frankly, we believe that it is not optimal for most users to
utilize a zip or other removable disk media for backup. Rampant Offsite Backup Service is completely automated and has
the required file redundancy to protect important data. The only
safe way to use a zip drive for backup is to have three disks
and make the same backup three times. That way when one of the
disks fails you are still protected.
How Long Will a Remote Backup Take?
Offices with high-speed Internet connections should find this
service comparable with tape drives. Dial-up users will be able
to do incremental backups in 30 to 60 minutes. The initial
backup can take several nights to complete. We recommend backing
up the most important files first and then selecting other files
as the backup progresses. Or, the initial backup can be run over
the weekend. Also, we can come to your office and make the
initial backup of your system.
Onsite, Offsite -- What's the Difference?
Basically, remote backups work like regular tape backups, with
one important difference. Instead of sending backups to a tape
drive or other media attached to the computer being backed up, a
remote backup sends encrypted file data over the Internet to a
computer file storage system safely off-site.
This usually happens at night while your business is closed and
nobody is using the computers. It's completely automatic. In
fact, you may forget it's working every night.
Why Are Remote Backups Considered More
Beneficial?
The data is immediately stored off-site using an automated
backup system. Also, only an Internet connection is needed,
completely eliminating the need for expensive backup equipment
and media. And, since the system is automated, manual labor is
eliminated.
How Secure Are Remote Backups?
Very. All files are encrypted using Blowfish or DES encryption,
selected by the user with their own personal encryption code,
which is known only by the user of the system. Blowfish
encryption has never been broken by a hacker. DES is used by the
federal banking system.
What Is Encryption?
Encryption is basically a mathematical formula that scrambles a
data file. And the only way to unscramble it is with the
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