Summary of benefits

When reviewing alternative business continuity solutions for your DR plans, the following table should help you determine the strengths of our solution to others on the market.

Benefit	BC	Other
Basics:
Are test restores done for you, without need for internal skills and/or equipment, visiting data centres etc
Are you shown your server(s) fully restored onto new servers for you to test before you commit? And repeat tested at least every 6 months?
Is it a fully managed service (you only need 10 seconds per day to double-check logs)?
Does this include full server images (not just selected files), including the critical System State, Exchange and SQL databases (regardless of size)?
Are all copies entire and complete as of last night (no need for dubious rebuilds/incremental patching)?
Can you use your existing DSL line (no extra lines required)?
Back-ups (local and remote copies) auto-self recover even if you have a local problem (loss of power, Internet, hardware failure)?
Should it be needed, do they have the skills beyond "data holding": e.g. BC is underpinned by a Microsoft Gold Partner?
Restores:
Severity 1 (Data deletion). Will you have instant access to restore individual files including old deleted files?
Severity 2 (Integrity loss/new disks). Will your server be completely reloaded for you (not just data made avaialable for you with potential tape model and firmware/compression issues)?
Severity 3 (Loss of server). If server lost (following theft/damage), will you be provided with a replacement server, totally pre-loaded and "ready to go"?
If office loss, will you be provided with rebuilt server(s) to either an alternative location or remote access from any Internet-served location?
Roll-back facilities: You can restore versions (entire systems or individual files) older than last night? (Optional)
Off-line archive available for long-term storage/Compliance?
SLAs:
Are you offered target recovery times (not just response times) and are they adequate and realistic?
Costs:
Known, flat cost per server (no "data creep" increases?)