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Why is Offsite Backup important?
Computer Equipment Can Fail
One thing in data protection is for sure, all equipment that stores information can fail. Acknowledging that simple fact and planning for what happens when data storage equipment fails is the cornerstone of a data recovery plan. As an example, digital data tapes can have an AFR (Annual Failure Rate) anywhere from less than 1% to over 10%.
Even the high quality Western Digital hard drives BitLeap® uses on our own data storage network have an AFR of 0.73%. The best solution to equipment failures is redundancy.
All of BitLeap’s data servers are configured in a RAID-5 architecture, which means we can lose two drives in any server and experience no data loss. Furthermore, BitLeap backs up your data on more than one of these high-redundancy servers in different physical locations separated by states. Hard drives are replaced long before any customer data enters a critical state when they fail and in most cases before they fail (hard drives often develop bad sectors before they stop working).
Natural Disasters & Fires Happen
We live in an unpredictable world. The administration of the Visiting Nurses Association of Texas knew this. It was their careful preparation for an unexpected event that enabled them to continue to provide critical home care services during and after their building burned on Saturday February 19, 2005.
The possibility of fires and natural disasters makes your business’s data recovery plan crucial. Many organizations were not as fortunate as the Visiting Nurses Association of Texas when unexpected events struck them. From recent Hurricanes in Florida to horrific Terrorist Attacks in New York, there are a wide range of problems that can occur which are out of our control. The only practical solution is to prepare.
One approach adopted by the Visiting Nurses Association of Texas was to move all of their computer servers offsite and backup their data. BitLeap can help your business find an affordable solution to automatic offsite data backups. Being prepared to deal with adverse circumstances may mean the difference between your business failing or surviving. The University of Texas did a study in 1994 that found of the businesses who lose their data from an equipment failure or disaster such as fire, 90% will fail in the following two years.