Is online backup expensive?

The short answer is that online backup is expensive when compared with inferior options. For example, making a copy of data on a hard disk is far less expensive than backing up the same quantity online. The differences are as follows.

• You are still responsible for the hard drive. You have therefore failed to outsource the most outsourcable of critical I.T. tasks.
• Copying to a hard drive is a manual process. If you forget to do it or do not have time you have no backup.
• Your hard drive will fail. All hardware fails at some stage.

We use significantly more than one data source. Even if you didn't want the automation or to outsource the responsibility, your spend on "due to die" drives would far outweigh the perceived savings of a D.I.Y. approach to data management.

Your data would not be encrypted. Any transportation of the data off site (which would be required to protect against office flood, fire, break in etc.) would incur a risk of client confidentiality which no responsible company could afford.

Your "system" would not be .D.P.A. compliant and you would run the risk of data loss, fines, penalties and terrible publicity.

Should you have an issue of any type, you would be literally on your own. Data backup is strictly a non recursive issue. The most expensive solutions come with no guarantee after the fact.

Contact us now to discuss your data management requirements in the strictest of confidence.

The backupanytime team.
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