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How does Remote Offsite Backup work?
Ekkum's Remote Backup works like regular data backup, but with one important difference. Instead of sending backups to a tape drive or other media attached to the computer it is backing up, Ekkum's backup process sends the backup over the Internet, regular telephone lines, or other network connections to your online backup server safely offsite. It does this (usually) at night while computers are not being used. Backups can also be done on-demand, any time.
It is completely automatic. In fact, you may even forget it's working. Most businesses put their lives on the line every night and don't realize it. With businesses depending more and more on the data stored in their computers, proper backups are becoming much more critical.
The Advantage of Ekkum Offsite Backup Plan
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Ease of Use
Automatic or scheduled backups: Automatic is the simplest method in which backups are performed while your computer is not in use. Scheduled backups can be performed daily or weekly at a specified time of day.
Block-level incremental backups: After the initial backup, Ekkum only backs up new or changed portions of files, which saves bandwidth and ensures future backups are lightning fast.
Bandwidth throttling: Users can determine how much bandwidth they want to dedicate to their backups so other high-priority services can run unimpeded.
Multiple restore options: Users and administrators can restore data via the Ekkum software client, through the web, or by ordering a DVD restore. Windows users can also restore data via right-click or through the Ekkum Virtual Drive.
Security
Data centers: All data centers employ state-of-the-art security.
Near Continuous Data Protection: Ekkum automatically detects and backs up new and changed files.
Alerts: Administrators may create customized email alerts regarding the backup health of their account to be sent to their email address on a daily, weekly, or, monthly basis.
Platform and File Support
Version (snapshot) support: Restore file versions up to 30 days in the past.
SQL, Exchange, and network drive support: Ekkum backs up common business applications running on Windows servers.
Windows and Mac support: Ekkum supports Windows (2000, XP, 2003, and Vista, including servers) and Mac OS X (10.4 and 10.5, desktop and server) operating systems.
Open and locked file support: Ekkum backs up all open and locked files, including Outlook PST files.
Ekkum's Online Backup process accomplishes several essential steps that are often overlooked or done improperly by other backup processes - especially in the regular non-automated backup systems.
Online Backups are done on schedule, reliably. Most businesses don't do this. For one reason or another, they don't keep a regular backup regimen. Usually it's because the person responsible for doing backups (if there is one) is too busy doing something else, or someone is using the computer when it's time for a backup, or they simply forget. Since remote backups are done with automated software usually at night, when nobody is using the computer, backups are always done on schedule.
Ekkum Remote Offsite Backup Process constantly reevaluates the computer system, adding files to the backup as needed. Several full copies of files are stored using a sophisticated version control system unavailable in most other backup processes of any kind. This is much too important to overlook.
The general definition of "proper" backups requires redundancy. One must keep multiple copies of the same files at different points in their development, called versions. As an example, you should have a different copy of each backed-up file for each backup session. Further, you should be able to easily restore any of your files up to any given point in time. Banks do it, big corporations do it, and so should small businesses. Only Ekkum has such an easy to use version control system.
Ekkum's remote offsite Backups are encrypted for complete security. Tape backups are not generally encrypted, so anyone can read them and gain access to client database, billing records, payroll, tax info, and everything else on computers.
Finally and most importantly - Backups are immediately sent offsite and stored safely away from the clients' computers and their businesses. This is where almost every business makes its biggest mistake. Even if they do everything else perfectly, backups are of little use if their building burns, or they are unable to physically recover their tapes from the premises. Most small companies who do backups leave the tapes in the building with the computer, where they can be destroyed right along with the computer.
Of course, you can see that this would be a problem in a fire or flood or an earthquake. But it's also useful in emergencies where businesses are forced to evacuate their offices quickly. Even businesses that do backups and have good, undamaged tapes have to shut down. Many go out of business simply because they don't have access to their data.
Ekkum solves this problem by automatically storing this valuable data at more than one site. So, a business can be back up and running with new computers and their latest data no matter what catastrophe happens.
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