StoreGrid based Online Backup Services

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Contents

• A) The Why, What How of backing up

B) What you should look for in a backup solution?
C) Why use Computer Peripherals Unlimited
Vembu StoreGrid?
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• A) The Why, What How of backing up

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Why Back Up?

• Data is the lifeblood of your company
• Mail, Databases (SQL, Exchange, etc), Records,
  Invoices, Presentations, Contracts, etc
  everything is data
• The amount of data created by the average
  user/company is increasing exponentially.
• According to Contingency Planning Research
  Strategic Research Corporation
• 43 of U.S. companies experiencing disasters
  never re-open, and 29 close within 2 years.
• 43 of lost or stolen data is valued at 5
  million.
• Most companies value 100MB of data at more than
  1million.
• The loss of revenue for each hour of downtime
  varies from industry to industry
• Whats your cost of downtime ?
• Dont wait to find out !

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So I back up my servers and Im done, right?

• Its certainly a start!
• But youre not really done

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Why Back Up PCs?

• Between 40-80 of business critical data resides
  on the hard drives of laptops desktops
• 60-70 of laptops desktops are never backed up

• These days 50 of computers sold to businesses
  are laptops
• 10 of laptops are stolen - annually
• 15 of all laptops will suffer some form of
  hardware damage in a given year

• 6 of all PCs will suffer a data loss incident
  in a given year
• The average incident costs a company US 2,557
• Average time to recover lost data 6 hours (if a
  person is employed/available to do it)

• Some small firms dont have servers, anyway! In
  these cases, 100 of Business Critical data is on
  PCs

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What should I back up?

• Think data data that is proprietary to you /
  your company and cannot be replaced, eg.
• E-Mail, Databases (SQL, Exchange, etc), Customer
  Records, Invoices other Financial Data,
  Presentations, Collateral, Contracts, Pictures,
  Drawings, Your Bookmarks, Your Desktop, Your
  Appointments, Contacts, To Do list in Outlook,
  Files youve synchronized from your cell phone to
  your PC, Your My Documents folder
• What neednt you back up?
• Anything thats easily replaceable! Installed
  software, typically your Operating system and
  applications are replaceable! Theyre available
  on a CD for download, and with the license keys,
  you can get them up and running quickly. So you
  neednt spend time, effort money backing this
  up. Maybe its a good idea to store all your
  license keys in a simple text/xls file and back
  that up, though ?

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How should I back up?

• For starters, any backup is better than no
  backup. But if youre planning to start off
  safeguarding your data, you might as well do it
  right. Typical options are
• Back up to removable media (CD/DVD/USB)
• while this might work for really small amounts of
  data, it is not automatic (relies on human
  intervention). Typically, you take a full backup
  each time (not just the changes), and most
  importantly, the data is still on-site. In case
  of a disaster, your backups are of little help!
• Back up to tape
• Enough has been written about the pitfalls of
  tape backups from people running into burning
  buildings to recover tapes they never bothered
  sending offsite to stolen tapes with credit card
  details to tape deterioration that was discovered
  when a customer needed to restore his data.
  Besides, tape restores are cumbersome and require
  sys admin intervention even if all you want is to
  restore a single file before that meeting in the
  afternoon.
• The best option, really, is backing up Disk to
  Disk (D2D)

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How should I back up?

• Back up to an on-site machine (backup server)
• Certainly an improvement! As long as you have the
  right software, you should be able to backup
  automatically, incrementally and securely, and
  restore painlessly and quickly. But bear in mind
  that your data is still on-site. In case of a
  natural disaster / calamity / theft / vandalism,
  thats of no help unless youre replicating your
  data to a remote server
• Back up to a remote server (online backup)
• The safest of the lot since your data is off-site
  and there is a online backup service provider
  focused on facilitating your backup restore
  operations.
• There are a few things you should look for in an
  online backup solution

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B) What you should look for in a backup solution?
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Checklist must haves from an Online backup
solution

• 1. Ease of Use
• We cant emphasize enough about how important
  this is. Considering the fact that backups are
  not the most pleasant of tasks one wants to (but
  needs to) do, the easier it is to do it, the
  better. An intuitive, user friendly user
  interface goes a long way towards better backup
  habits!

2. Flexibility Your IT environment is unique to
you. The last thing you need is a backup
service that places demands for additional
infrastructure. Or for that matter, one that only
works on one OS / application. Look for something
comprehensive that works with your existing
resources!
3. Automated Lets face it no one remembers to
back up. Look for a solution that, once
configured, can indefinitely run by itself as per
a pre determined schedule and settings. Ideally,
you should be able to backup different sets of
data differently -continuously, daily, weekly,
etc.
4. Transparent A backup solution thats easy to
use, flexible and automated doesnt help much if
it hogs your computer while backing up! The
ideal backup solution runs quietly in the
background and periodically assures you that
everything is under control.
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Checklist must haves from an online backup
solution

• 5. Secure
• Thats YOUR data youre backing up over the
  internet. Its very important to ensure that the
  data is encrypted before it leaves your
  computers. Make sure that the encryption
  algorithm is powerful and supports higher bit
  keys for added security.

6. Incremental Backups With a good incremental
backup solution, once youve completed the first
(large) backup, the ideal solution will monitor
your data for changes and back up only the
changed parts saving you bandwidth (time
money). A must have feature!
7. Compression While on the subject of
conserving bandwidth, it is important to compress
your data optimally so that you can reduce the
bandwidth/ time/money spent in sending data to
the remote server. Look out for configurable
compression where you choose what works best for
you!
8. Restore A backup solution is only as good as
its ability to restore data after all thats
what it is for in the first place! Besides ease
of restore, the ability to restore a single file
if required, deleted files and older versions of
files is important.
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Checklist must haves from an online backup
solution

• 9. Infrastructure
• Make sure you know more about where your data is
  being backed up. How protected is the remote
  server itself, and where it is hosted? Is the
  server itself backed up / replicated? A good
  service provider should be comfortable telling
  you all this!

10. Pricing / Support If youve taken care of
all the items mentioned so far, you shouldnt be
having many support issues. But it is good to
know that help is available if when needed. And
of course, pricing flexible reasonable
monthly / annual plans based on your data
requirements are key!
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C) Why use Secure Backup Services Vembu
StoreGrid?
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Our Infrastructure

• Our Backup Server is connected to a dedicated 5
  MB Fiber-optic line for a direct and stable
  connection.
• The Backup Server is Directly Mounted in a locked
  secure Rack.
• The Backup Server is Replicated Daily to another
  secure server at another location. This enables
  there to be 2 locations for data to be Just in
  Case
• ADT Alarm System and Security Cameras Ensure Data
  Security for our clients.

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Our Service

• We offer backup packages that are totally client
  managed, or completely managed by Computer
  Peripherals.
• If you arent comfortable with your present
  backup routine. We can setup secure Offsite Data
  Backup for ALL of your important Data.
• Non Managed Packages start at 30/Month.
• Managed Packages start at 50/Month.
• Our Managed Packages allow us to completely
  handle your data backups and restores (when
  needed) from anywhere via the web. We can even
  edit/modify the backup types/amounts and totally
  secure the data.

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Our Software

• We use Vembu StoreGrid backup software to provide
  our online backup services .
• Heres why...

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In a nutshell

• Designed for servers, laptops desktops
• Backs up SQL, Exchange and user data like My
  Docs, Outlook, etc
• Works across Windows, Linux, Mac FreeBSD

• Once configured, runs automatically
• Every conceivable scheduling option (including
  multiple full backups) available
• Works quietly in the background
• Automatic Directory monitoring available

FLEXIBLE
AUTOMATIC

• Intelli-Delta Technology captures byte level
  differences in files with the powerful RSYNC
  algorithm
• Ability to take the 1st backup locally, and do
  incremental backups online, thereafter
• Powerful compression
• Detailed graphical reporting
• Supports Exchange, SQL, System state/Active
  directory backups and lots more..

Offers between 64 448 bit encryption using the
powerful, military strength Blowfish algorithm
SECURE
FEATURE PACKED

• Restore
• Single Files
• Deleted Files
• Older versions of files
• with ease

Intuitive user friendly User Interface supports
1-Click Selections for common backup tasks and
easy end user restore capability Heres a preview
EASY RESTORES
USER FRIENDLY
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StoreGrid User Interface
Intuitive browser based User Interface remains
the same in Windows, Linux, Mac FreeBSD. Also
remains the same across IE, Firefox, Safari,
Netscape Opera browsers
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StoreGrid User Interface
Make as many schedules as you want each with
its rules. Call them anything you wish!
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StoreGrid User Interface
1-Click preset selections easily backup files
and folders you commonly use like Outlook, IE
favourites, Firefox favourites, Server Backups,
System state /Active Directory support
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StoreGrid User Interface
Backup server(s) easily selectable. We (your
service provider) can also preset this for you
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StoreGrid User Interface
Backed up data can be compressed as desired CPU
utilization can also be configured to use system
bandwidth as you please
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StoreGrid User Interface
StoreGrid's Intelli-Delta Technology ensures only
changes in files folders are backed up - saves
bandwidth, and space
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StoreGrid User Interface
Robust data encryption (64-448 bit) with password
protection ensures no one sees your backed up
data they wont even know if its a .xls or a
.doc !
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StoreGrid User Interface
Every conceivable scheduling option is available
just decide when/how often you want to backup
and StoreGrid takes care of the rest quietly in
the background
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StoreGrid User Interface
Easy restore capabilities. Restore a single
file, an earlier version of a file, and even
deleted files
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StoreGrid User Interface
User friendly backup status reporting from a
powerful database in addition to StoreGrid
alerts that let you know whats happening
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StoreGrid User Interface
Easy Customer management Features help us manage
your backups better
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And lots more !
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Know more _at_

• www.cpu-store.com
• www.sbsnow.com
• www.vembu.com
• www.vembu.com
• Note Vembu Technologies does not offer backup
  services on its own and only enables partners
  (like us) to offer state of the art online backup
  services

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