1. Why are you still using tape to handle backups, disaster recovery, and business continuity?

    Published November 02 at 12:46 PM by Jody Hoover

    Quick poll, how many of you still own a VCR and still use it regular?  Most of you are using DVD / Blu-Ray or streaming it over the Internet.  So why do you hold your data backups in the prisons of tape?

    There are a great deal of solutions out there that are disk based and store your data in a secure spot in the "cloud."  But why settle for just backup when anyone can provide that?  How much better would a total solution that covered recent backups, disaster recovery and business continuity be for your company?  Our solution at Strickland Networks is called TotalProtect because it keeps you protected in all of these three categories.

    Backups

    An initial backup is done and then continuous incrementals follow behind.  The first destination of backups is to local storage at your site.  That can be a Strickland Networks recommended NAS device or your own storage.  The next destination for your data is off to our data center.   There, the base image plus 1 month of your most recent data is kept.

    Disaster Recovery

    Let's assume worse case scenario, your entire office is destroyed by an act of nature.  Strickland Networks can virtualize your most recent backup sent to our data center and help you make changes to allow you and your company to keep working remotely until a new physical location can be found for your office and new equipment purchased.  Then we'll help transition back to the new hardware - all with minimal downtime.

    Business Continuity

    We've all heard the horror stories.  Or maybe you've experienced it first hand.  Your Server RAID has failed beyond repair, memory fails and the parts are out of stock, CPU's over heating ... whatever the issue, with TotalProtect you have the ability to turn your backups into a running virtual server or do a bare metal restore to new, dissimilar hardware.  Your down time is now hours, not days.

    Read more here.  http://bit.ly/SN-TotalProtect, or call (817.224.2020) /  email today for more information.