NO CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
Remote online server backup is an extension to your current backup solution. However, unlike typical server backup solutions—DCS is a service and requires no up-front investment.

PAY FOR WHAT YOU NEED
DirectPointe remote online server backup plans target the amount of storage you need rather than buying large amounts of storage in bulk. Predictable pricing makes accounting easy. However, if you have a sudden spike in the data that needs to be backed up, your server data is backed up automatically.

Unlike most remote online server backup solutions, you only pay for the target amount backed up. For instance, if your server has 50GB of data to be backed up; 50GB is the target. Over the course of the month, DirectPointe will store your original target amount plus the amount that changes each day. Regardless of your change rate you will only pay for the target amount to be backed up.

DATA AVAILABLE FROM ANYWHERE
Data can be restored on the originating server or from any machine online. A problem at your office, perhaps an incident as simple as a gas leak, will not prevent you from accessing your server data.

END TO END ENCRYPTION
All data is encrypted on the server and then SSL encrypted a second time before being transferred to our data center. Because the data was encrypted on the server before transport, the data remains encrypted at the data center. You have the option of setting your own encryption key, preventing anyone, including DirectPointe from decrypting your backed up server data.

DISASTER RECOVERY
Remote online server backup mitigates risk by having data stored in disparate locations. In the event of fire, flood, theft or other disaster, having backups stored remotely may save your business.

APPLICATION SUPPORT
DirectConnect Service safely backs up MS Exchange, MS SQL and Active Directory. Additionally, any application that holds files in an open state may be backed up.

EASY RESTORE
While remote online server backups are not ideally suited to fast restorations of large blocks of data, they are much faster at restoring smaller amounts of data. With remote backups, you can often restore hundreds of MB’s of data in the time it takes to find and load your backup tape.

With DirectConnect for Servers files can be restored easily through My Computer, Windows Explorer or via Internet browsers. Selecting and restoring a specific file takes seconds.

ROTATING TAPES
Rotating server backup tapes between physical locations is a hassle. As long as you receiving email or conduct business, the rotation of tapes seems to continue. Tapes wear out and visual inspection does little in guaranteeing tape usefulness. While tape backups are still a used in the industry, they remain error prone and difficult to manage. While our online server backup service does not completely replace the need for manual backups, it does provide an extra level of protection in the case of disaster recovery.

BANDWIDTH
DCS service backs up only the portions of files that change so daily server backups take very little time. Remote server backups can be performed as frequently as every two hours. They can also be scheduled during off peak times, ensuring that backups do not impact users. DCS also has a throttling feature which allows backups to take place any time without impacting users or server performance.

RETENTION
Incremental server backups are stored on a thirty (30) day rotation making is easy to restore specific versions of files.

DEPLOYMENT
DCS service is easy to setup. You can install it yourself or with the assistance of a DirectPointe engineer.

If your server contains large amounts of data, typically over 100GB, you can have your initial backup physically seeded. DirectPointe will send you a USB backup device which you fill and send back to complete the initial transfer. Once the data is in our data center, incremental backups will keep your data store updated.

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