The IT professionals at Intelinet Systems believe a primary business challenge to a successful data backup solution revolves
around a solution that is automated, flexible and easy to test to ensure accurate data restoration and recovery. Too often,
administrators and IT managers assume backup jobs are executing correctly once an initial backup schedule has been
established and they move on to other network issues. However, data back-up is not a "set it and forget it" process. Making
sure the back-up is capturing the appropriate information, setting the correct interval frequency and periodically reviewing
retention times are critical to a successful solution.
For any backup and data management solution there are trade-offs between cost, time and human involvement. A backup solution can not
run continuously, so it is critical to find a balance between the amount of data you can afford to lose and your backup frequencies, known as Recovery
Point Objective (RPO). Another key component of a successful backup strategy is creating a Recovery Time Objective
(RTO), the time frame for getting the data recovered and network operational after a disaster.
Choosing a network backup service and disaster recovery solution
The following are some of questions that should be addressed before any backup and disaster recovery solution is chosen:
- What are the proper backup frequency and the retention intervals?
- Is there a need to perform bare-metal system recovery?
- What are the correct Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and Recovery Time Objective (RTO)?
- What is the importance of capturing Exchange files, databases and open files?
- What is the growth rate, number of users and business application usage and is the solution scalable?
- How critical is security and encryption for local and/or off-site storage?
- What regulations and compliances does your industry require around data archiving and security?
- What is the need to save data off desktops/laptops and other managed devices?
Testing the vendor's performance claims is essential to the continued success of your company and preventing data lose.
Intelinet Systems' network backup services and Recovery solutions are designed specifically to each organization's requirements. Intelinet
Systems talks with customers to gain an understanding of the critical applications they are running, the amount of data
to backup and the system resources required to deliver a proper RTO and RPO. After the backup solution has been deployed
a data integrity test is conducted to ensure successful recovery of system services, database structure and individual
files. Intelinet Systems is a trusted partner for delivering backup and management solutions that lead to a customer's
continued success and business continuity.
