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.


BenefitBCOther
Basics:
Are test restores done for you, without need for internal skills and/or equipment, visiting data centres etctick 
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?tick 
Is it a fully managed service (you only need 10 seconds per day to double-check logs)?tick 
Does this include full server images (not just selected files), including the critical System State, Exchange and SQL databases (regardless of size)?tick 
Are all copies entire and complete as of last night (no need for dubious rebuilds/incremental patching)?tick 
Can you use your existing DSL line (no extra lines required)?tick 
Back-ups (local and remote copies) auto-self recover even if you have a local problem (loss of power, Internet, hardware failure)?tick 
Should it be needed, do they have the skills beyond "data holding": e.g. BC is underpinned by a Microsoft Gold Partner?tick 
Restores:
Severity 1 (Data deletion).
Will you have instant access to restore individual files including old deleted files?
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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)?
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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"?
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If office loss, will you be provided with rebuilt server(s) to either an alternative location or remote access from any Internet-served location?tick 
Roll-back facilities: You can restore versions (entire systems or individual files) older than last night? (Optional)tick 
Off-line archive available for long-term storage/Compliance?tick 
SLAs:
Are you offered target recovery times (not just response times) and are they adequate and realistic?tick 
Costs:
Known, flat cost per server (no "data creep" increases?)tick 

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