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Secure Online Backup

HybridCloud Backup and Recovery Information Sheet

Secure online backups are the best solution for storing and restoring your vital data to and from a secure offsite facility. This strategy eliminates geographical limitations of offsite tape backup storage and improves speed of transferring data across long distances.

IFSA-DSI Hybrid CloudTM Backup and Recovery provides an automated backup process ensuring that data held on workstations, portable computers, Windows 2003 and 2008 file servers, and application/database servers is securely backed up and transferred offsite via an IFSA-DSI Hybrid Cloud™ Backup Appliance or IFSA-DSI Hybrid Cloud™ Backup Client software installed on the client’s computer(s).

Backup data is transferred offsite to IFSA-DSI’s secure Data Center located in domestic USA via an existing internet connection guaranteeing availability and security.

Sophisticated data technologies, including common file elimination and delta blocking to maximize data transfer over the Internet connection with minimal utilization of client’s available internet bandwidth.

All data is encrypted at customer site prior to transmission offsite.

A firewall function is incorporated within the IFSA-DSI Backup Appliance to protect the customer and IFSA-DSI networks from unauthorized access.

IFSA-DSI provides an easy to use interface that simplifies the backup and recovery process and provides detailed information about scheduled operations.

Centralized configuration of the IFSA-DSI Client software enables a network administrator/IT manager to specify exactly what data is to be backed up, ensuring investment is not wasted by backing up unauthorized or unnecessary information.

IFSA-DSI Evaluation Client enables accurate sizing of data volumes and transfer rates prior to full implementation of service.

A user definable number of backup versions of files are retained on local disk, for immediate online restore.

Optional restoration of mission critical data at LAN speed from a local copy utilizing the Rapid Recovery feature.

Backup data required for legal or audit purposes can be held in long term storage within IFSA-DSI’s data vaulting facilities.

Hybrid Cloud™ Backup and Recovery web services provide routine reporting and tools to allow the client to create and distribute new backup licenses and perform restores of archived backup data.

Service remotely monitored 24x7 by AssureVault staff and alerts provided if scheduled backups are not completed or errors occur.

Backup data can easily be selected and restored online without the need to locate and identify backup tapes.

Crash Response Team is on 24 hour standby to support major data recovery by delivering requested backup data to the customer site.

In the event of a major customer site disaster a portable IFSA-DSI System is delivered to the customer site or to a specified disaster recovery site.

24 x 7 x 365 help desk support.

Microsoft® certified solution.