| HW/SW costs and
maintenance |
Additional HW (tape drive/juke box) and software to be purchased and maintained. Routine purchase of
backup media. Requires SW maintenance - upgrade, bugs, license
costs, and administration. |
SmartPick Online backup does not require you to purchase any any additional hardware
or software.
Nothing to maintain. |
| Reliability |
Requires discipline
and regularity to do effective daily backup. Tapes need to rotated and cataloged daily. |
Online backup is fully automated
for you. No handling of tapes/CDs. Reliable daily backup. SmartPick
will monitor your daily backup. |
| Offsite |
Need to carry/send
the tapes to offsite for safe storage. Additional costs.
Added inconvenience. |
With online backup there is no need to transport
anything. Your data is safely stored at a high security Data
Center with redundant copies. |
Restoration time
and costs |
Single file minimum
restore time < 30 minutes. More restoration time = more down
time, more costs and lost productivity. Often needs special
IT services to restore data from tapes. |
Single file minimum
restore time <30 seconds.
Restore as often as you need at no additional costs. |
| Security |
With a simple tape
backup, anyone can steal the tape and restore your files
on another computer. |
SmartPick offsite
backup is secure. Encrypted using the same technology used by
US government for most classified information. The data cannot
be retrieved by anyone except you. |
| Technology |
Tape drive model are
always becoming obsolete. Need to replace tapes every 2 years with newer technology. Same story with backup software. |
Current technology
and internet infrastructure enables online backup, the most advanced backup solution,
for you at an affordable cost. As you don't buy any HW or SW,
technology does not concern you either. |
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Bottom line
|
Tape backup is self-service with
onsite IT help. Higher risk and cost.
|
Online Backup is full-service with
offsite data storage. Peace of mind and lower costs.
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