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Rotating backup media offsite is a fundamental best practice of business continuity planning. Nevertheless, the seemingly unsophisticated nature of the process can sometimes downplay what’s at stake. Businesses depend on information to operate but it isn’t until our information is unavailable that the depth of this necessity is fully appreciated.
Our team at Archive Logistics understands that the information we’ve been entrusted to protect is of paramount importance. With this in mind, our tape and media rotation services address the three most common pitfalls of transporting media offsite.
Security is critical. With tape capacities exceeding a terabyte of data countless volumes of sensitive information can be compromised in a single event potentially resulting in regulatory fines, legal fees and a public relations nightmare. Transporting tapes via employee to a personal residence can easily be argued as negligence in today’s regulatory environment. Alternatively, Archive Logistics can ensure your media is always rotated on schedule with a secure chain-of-custody. Your information assets will safely travel to our facility in a locked vehicle with GPS tracking.
Stability is key. It’s true that today’s tape is more resilient than its predecessor but it remains unadvisable to leave them baking in the car while stopping at Wal-Mart on a hot day. At Archive Logistics we transport tapes in secure containers designed for media transport in our climate controlled vehicles. Protection from shock and temperature extremes may sound overly precautious but anyone who’s loaded a tape only to find the data unreadable probably wouldn’t think so.
Access is everything. If your backup tapes are stored at a bank they’re only accessible approximately 26% of any given week. This may be sufficient for some businesses but time is money. If you suddenly need to do a restore on Friday at 5:00, Monday might as well be a month away. Our team is on call 24/7/365 so you can start your recovery process immediately.
Archive Logistics also provides a secure web interface for managing your offsite media and automating the rotation process. We offer daily, weekly, monthly and custom service schedules. Whether you have one tape or one thousand, call us today, we look forward to exceeding your expectations!