Creating a backup and restore plan is a critical part of any network deployment. Chill IT can create a plan for your organisation, fully understanding the size and scope of your network. We know the right tools, and have a team of people to assist you determine a backup storage strategy that will best meet your needs. We also test the integrity of your backups by performing trial restorations on a regular basis.

Considerations for Backing Up and Restoring Your Servers

There are several factors to consider when planning backups; such as when to schedule backups, what data to back up and how to store the backups. Not all of the factors will lead you to the same conclusions but a careful consideration of the whole will guide you in creating a backup plan that meets your organisation's current needs.

You might have additional factors you want to consider, such as clustering, offsite data storage, or mirrored servers. Chill will identify the unique features of your data structure when creating a backup and restore plan.

Scope of Backups

Consider the servers and date required for daily operations. You must regularly back up the data on these critical computers. You must also plan when to perform these backups to minimise disruption for your users.

Chill can take the heat out of this process by assisting you with answering these questions.

Backup Storage and Retrieval

We consider how much data storage you will need and where you will store your backed up data. There are many different options available to you. As data volumes become ever larger thanks to the cheap availability of storage, more and more companies are moving away from the traditional tape backups to removeable hard disks or, more recently, remote storage servers.

Backup Software

Most server operating systems come with a rudimentary backup service embedded, but to get the best possible opportunity at recovery you should consider products such as Acronis or BackupExec. These products will give you excellent flexibility and remote storage options.

Testing the Integrity of Backups

One of the benefits of having Chill IT set up your backup management is that we will test the integrity of your backups on a regular basis. We check the backup logs for any errors or events on a daily basis as part of our Service Level Agreement. We also regularly "fire-drill" restorations, including restoring a server from incremental backups and restoring a server from full backups.

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