What is CentralDataVault?
CentralDataVault is an advanced, offsite data backup and recovery service which provides our business and individual customers with a comprehensive internet backup solution that is secure, fast, easy to use, and affordable.
CentralDataVault is the perfect computer data backup solution for small and home-based businesses
Offsite data backup has become a mature, viable alternative to legacy backup solutions such as tape backups by combining established technologies such as TCP/IP networking (internet), strong encryption, and FastBit binary patching. Backups are conducted through a secure, encrypted connection over the internet to CentralDataVault's storage data center. By using our FastBit binary patching technology, only changes that have occurred within the files need to be backed up resulting in a backup window that takes dramatically less time and space than a regular tape backup.
The client software which is installed on our customer's Windows-based computer uses a very intuitive Explorer-style Windows interface to give the customer a wide array of options in terms of what is backed up, how often, and how many generations of the file to store. Restoring a file or entire volume of files is as easy as specifying which files you would like to restore, choosing which generation to restore, and then clicking the "Restore" button. You have immediate access to your data 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, so there's no waiting for tape backups to be retrieved from offsite storage. CentralDataVault also offers a web based data retrieval tool so you can restore a computer file to any system you like - anywhere in the world.
The online backup functionality offered by CentralDataVault was only previously available to large corporations utilizing costly software, hardware, and technical resources. The CentralDataVault offsite data backup solution combines fast and efficient technology, a reliable, easy to use set of applications, ultimate security and data availability, and the lowest prices in the industry to provide the best computer backup solution available. Today, anyone, anywhere, can take advantage of this easy to use, robust and secure automated backup and recovery service.
Why do I need to do computer data backups?
It sounds like an obvious question, but according to The Gartner Group, 40% of critical business and personal data is not backed up properly each night. Even though businesses and individuals know they should back up their data, many do not. After all, most backups solutions require equipment, backup media, technical know-how, and most importantly, time, yours or your employee's. When you consider that 50% of businesses that suffer a major data loss go out of business within a year, it becomes apparent that your data may in fact be one of your most important assets and deserves a reliable backup policy.
Why not tape backups?
There are a number of reasons why tape backups are falling out of favor:
- Tape media is fragile and becomes unreliable after a period of time.
- Tape backup devices are expensive and require regular maintenance in order to operate reliably.
- Performing tape backups require a person to correctly load, swap, and rotate the tapes.
- Tapes must be physically transported offsite in order to be completely effective.
- Most often, a failed tape backup is only realized when a data restoration is attempted.
In contrast to tape backups, CentralDataVault stores your data on redundant hard drives in a secure offsite location. Restoring can be done anytime of the day or night and takes only seconds. Our online backup solution is completely automated, so there is no human error in the equation, and you and your employees can use your time for what you do best - running your business.
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