Backup & Recovery

Overview

 

Relying on regular, manual backups leaves your data open to risk: people make mistakes or can be distracted by other activities; tapes and disks can get lost or damaged, and it can be almost impossible to find specific files or applications when they're needed. And if your business is run from multiple sites, the problems are compounded.

hSo:VAULT is an automated, online backup service that ensures business continuity by backing up all your data daily, without any interruption to your business. The service is cost effective as it allows you to store mission-critical data in a highly available environment for instant retrieval, but to keep less vital files in a lower-cost secure archive, from which it can still be restored more quickly than from tape.

How Does It Work?

hSo:VAULT takes human error out of backup by providing you with managed, automated backups via the Internet. Data is backed up incrementally every day at a time to suit you and is stored in a secure, world-class data centre. You can restore lost or corrupted files quickly and easily should data loss occur. No more searching through racks of tapes—just select the file you want, and it can be restored in a matter of seconds via the Internet.

hSo will work closely with your organisation to design a backup solution that meets your needs. You can choose to have instant, online access to mission-critical files, but reduce costs by archiving less important files in such a way that they can still be retrieved easily in the event of a disaster. Whichever solution you choose, your data is collected simultaneously from as many of your premises as you choose and you can scale the service to suit the changing needs of your business.

hSo's solution has been designed to cater for virtualised environments too, offering native support for VMware.

Why hSo?

As an operator of one of the largest online storage systems in the UK, you can rely on hSo to protect your data. hSo:VAULT is a fully automated and managed service, so you can focus on running your business knowing that your data stored on high-end storage arrays in secure, world-class data centres.

hSo is an expert at building complete Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery solutions, combining hSo:VAULT with services such as virtualisation, hosting and data encryption to help you protect your business. And should the worse happen, we can help you recover and rebuilt your IT infrastructure.

As with all our managed services, hSo:VAULT is proactively monitored by our Network Operations Centre.

We provide 24x7 support by phone or email and offer industry-leading Service Level Agreements.

Key Benefits

 

  • Fully-automated backup—no risk of human error
  • Data is encrypted at source and remains encrypted during storage
  • Data is stored in a purpose-built world-class data centre
  • Incremental backups enable you to store multiple generations of each file, while reducing the backup window, minimising bandwidth consumption and storage costs
  • Data is compressed to keep storage costs down
  • No bulky tapes to store or transport from site to site
  • Begin restoring lost data instantlyl, using our software
  • Fully scalable—you only pay for the storage you use The multi-tiered platform is more cost-effective than other business-grade backup services
  • Customer portal enables you to keep tabs on what you're spending
  • Fast set-up with no disruption to other applications or services
Technical Specifications

 

  • Security ensured through AES encryption
  • Supports all major operating systems
    •  Windows Server 2003
    •  Windows 2000
    •  Windows NT
    •  Windows XP
    •  Windows Vista
    •  Red Hat Linux
    •  Suse Linux
    •  Novell NetWare
    •  VMware
    •  Mac OS X
    •  IBM AIX
    •  SUN Solaris
    •  HP-UX
    •  HP-Tru64 UNIX
    •  IBM iSeries AS-400
  • Supports main business databases:
    •  MySQL
    •  SQL Server
    •  PostgreSQL
    •  Microsoft Exchange
    •  IBM DB2
    •  Oracle 8 and above
  • Individual message restore is available for:
    •  MS Exchange
    •  MS Outlook
    •  Lotus Notes/Domino Server
    •  Novell GroupWise