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What are Backup Services

Remote backup service

A remote, online, or managed backup service is a service that provides users with an online system for backing up and storing computer files. Managed backup providers are companies that provide this type of service.

Online backup systems are typically built around a client software program that runs on a schedule, typically once a day. This program collects, compresses, encrypts, and transfers the data to the remote backup service provider's servers. Other types of product are also available in the market, such as remote continuous data protection (CDP).

Providers of this type of service frequently target specific market segments. High-end LAN-based backup systems may offer services such as near-realtime transaction-level replication or open file backups. Consumer online backup companies frequently have beta software offerings and/or free-trial backup services.

Typical features

Opened File Backup
The ability to back up files that are extensively opened, such as Outlook files (*.pst) or SQL database files can be useful. Such ability allows IT administrators to run back up jobs any time of the day, not requiring setting aside server maintenance time. Most enterprise online backup products support an add-on for this. Higher-end products support this natively.

Multi-platform
A Multi-platform backup service can back up multiple platforms such as the various flavors of Windows, Macintosh, and Linux/UNIX.

Multi-site
A feature of some services is the capability to back up the primary site data plus remote offices and branch offices in a relatively seamless manner.

Continuous backup - Continuous Data Protection CDP
Allows the tool to back up continuously or on a predefined schedule. Both methods have advantages and disadvantages. Most backup tools are schedule-based and perform backups at a predetermined time. Some services provide continuous data backups which are used by large financial institutions and large online retailers. However, there is typically a tradeoff with performance and system resources.

Online Access to files
Some services allow you to access your backed up files via a normal web browser. Many tools do not provide this type of functionality.

Data Compression
Typically data will be compressed with a lossless compression algorithm to minimize the amount of bandwidth used.

Differential Data Compression
A way to further minimize network traffic is to transfer only the binary data that has changed from one day to the next, similar to the open source file transfer tool Rsync. More advanced network backup tools use this method rather than transfer entire files.

Data Encryption
Encryption of data during transmission to vendor and encryption when stored at vendor

Bandwidth Usage
User selectable to use more or less bandwidth at various times

Online Backup

Pargon Hi-Tech Solutions has teamed up with Securidata to help deliver robust and cost effective backup of both your online, hosted data and software as well as your data on your laptop, PC or office server.

Securidata's services, as well as our strategic technical partnerships with Novell & IBM; allow us to harness our years of experience to help deliver you a Business Continuity Plan full of joined up thinking and innovative, cost saving solutions

Read more about Securidata's services below:

SecuriData delivers the premier online backup service in the UK, including online backup services for servers, computers, laptops and distributed branch office networks.

Online backup for Windows Servers, Microsoft Small Business Server, Microsoft SQL, Oracle and Microsoft Exchange are all fully supported.

SecuriData online backup is for business - when data loss is not an option.

Online Backup for Servers, Computers and Laptops

SecuriData specialises in the supply and support of online backup and recovery services to businesses across the UK.

Whether you are looking at online backup for servers, distributed computer networks or laptops, SecuriData is a suitable and reliable partner for your business.

The strength of our online backup service is clear:
Enterprise class online backup service
Professional & responsive customer service
Accurate billing & management reports
Dedicated account manager
Best price/quality online backup service in the UK

Online Backup Service

SecuriData Online Backup is a fully automated, online backup and disaster recovery service for server, computer and laptop users. SecuriData offers a secure, reliable way to backup your business critical data without the hassle, time and cost associated with traditional tape backup methods.

SecuriData is one of the leading online backup service providers in the UK, protecting business critical data on our high availability, enterprise class datacenter infrastructure. SecuriData's online backup service encrypts the data before it leaves your server, and it stays encrypted even when stored on our high security datacenter facilities. Your data will only be decrypted when it arrives back on your servers after a restore has been performed, thus ensuring the highest levels of security throughout the data backup and restore cycle.

Online Backup features and functions:

Data marked for online backup is encrypted and backed up via the Internet, to SecuriData’s high availability Datacenter facilities. 256bit encryption protects data both in transit and at the datacenter.
Online backups are fully automated: incremental daily backup, scheduled for unattended operation.
Data restoration is fully automated, available 24/7 for recovery of any previously backed up files.
Validation of your data restores: Scheduled monthly restore drills to ensure 100% data restorability.
Industry leading fault tolerant datacenter infrastructure and multi-level datacenter mirroring.

Benefits of remote backup

Remote backup has advantages over traditional backup methods:

Remote backup does not require user intervention. You do not have to change tapes, label CDs or perform other manual steps.
Remote backup maintains data offsite. Perhaps the most important aspect of backing up is that backups are stored in a different location from the original data. Traditional backup requires manually taking the backup media offsite.
Unlimited data retentions
Data storage abroad could be an advantage too.
Our remote backup services will work continuously, backing up files as they are changed.
Our remote backup services will maintain a list of versions of your files.
Our remote backup services can reduce backup by only transmitting changed binary data bits