Backup Direct’s Small Business Server (SBS) package is an ideal solution for companies whose office’s run on one or two servers. A basic tape-replacement service, it combines key elements of security, performance and reliability to provide a stress-free backup experience.

SECURITY

When it comes to online backup the first question many people ask is ‘how secure is it?’. It’s entirely the right question to ask because the last thing you want is third-parties rifling their way through your data.

Using Backup Direct’s SBS solution, you can have confidence that your data is backed up using the most secure technology on the market. Before being transferred from the host machine, your data is encrypted to bank-level encryption standards and then transmitted to our data centres using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Stored in our UK and EU-based, military-grade data centres, your data remains encrypted and completely unreadable by anybody unauthorized to see it. You are the only one who can see the content of your data because only you hold the required data encryption keys – the authorization certificate needed to de-encrypt data.

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PERFORMANCE

Having to remember to backup is probably the biggest pain about the process - that and restoring old data after an incident of loss. Our SBS solution removes the need to ‘remember’ - making manual backup a thing of the past and always providing recent data recovery points.

Our backup scheduling feature removes the need to carry out manual backups because you can set it to execute automatically – as often as every 15 minutes. This 'real-time' backup feature allows users to roll-back to file versions that are at the very most 14 minutes old.

This process is managed through the web-based application. Just set the times of the day that you would like your backups to run and everything else is taken care of for you.

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MANAGEMENT

Traditional forms of server backup have involved effort and risk to manage. SBS online backup makes backup management for both business owners and IT managers easy.

The web-based control panel allows administrators to manage their backup processes centrally through an easy-to-use software interface. Whether you are an IT expert or relative novice, the application makes backup management simple.

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Security benefits and features:

• Offsite data storage in two geographically separate, state-of-the-art, mirrored data vaults in the UK and Belgium – removes the risk of data exposure commonly associated with external and unencrypted tapes, USB drives and hard-disks.
• Double-layered digital security for data ‘in-flight and off-site’ with AES 256 bit and SSL encryption standards – helps you meet all UK data protection regulation requirements.
• Professional, physical data security with 24/7 manned and monitored vault protection – there is no securer way to safeguard mission critical data.

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Performance benefits and features:

• Automatic backup selection allows you to choose what and when to backup through an easy-to-use software interface – never miss a backup again and spend your time-saved working on more value-adding areas of your company.
• A secure web portal gives you access to your important files immediately from any web-browser in the world – have anytime-anywhere access to your backed up files and make sure you can always get your data back when you need it most.
• Continuous Data Protection (CDP) allows you to backup your data as often as every 15 minutes with minimal effect on network traffic – never lose anything more than 14 minutes worth of productivity.
• DeltaBlock technology rapidly speeds up backup window times because only changed data to backed up files is sent over the internet – helps avoid lengthy backup windows that hog bandwidth and makes backup inefficient.
• Up to seven year retention history means you can recover old file versions instantly – valuable for e-discovery or compliance purposes
• Compatible with common applications like Exchange, Sage, Quickbooks e.t.c
• Works with all popular server operating systems including the Microsoft Windows Server Series, Linux Red Hat and Sun Solaris.

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Management benefits and features:

• User-friendly application interface makes setting your backup schedules easy – shows you very clearly the contents of your server and the specific file areas you’d like to protect.
• Web-based control panel allows administrators to set policy rules and initiate data restores without being in physical contact with the machine – saves you time and stress as you can manage your server backup activity remotely.
• Central reporting and diagnostics show when the last successful backup for each machine was executed – proof that the backup is working and the data is recoverable.
• Customisable backup rules allows your to determine the frequency and retention of your backup copies – choose which files need to be stored for longer and ensure you meet all compliance regulations on the availability and integrity of data.

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