Data Recovery - Not Just Backup! Why You Need a Disaster Recovery Plan
August 16th, 2024 by William Wentowski
As a business owner, you understand the importance of data backup. You've set up regular backups of your critical data to an external hard drive or cloud storage. But did you know that simply having backups isn't enough? According to startling statistics, 80% of companies that experience a major data loss go out of business within one year. The reason? Many have backups but no viable data recovery plan.
Think about how catastrophic data loss would be for your business. Your customer records, financial data, and employee information - gone in an instant. Your vendors know what you owe them, but what about your accounts receivable records? A data disaster could cripple your ability to get paid and continue operations.
Now imagine your office or facility is damaged by a flood, fire, or other disaster. You're forced to relocate to a temporary space while you repair or find a new permanent location. You and your employees gather with the backed-up data on a tape or thumb drive. How do you get your systems back up and running from that? Even if you have the right hardware, how much downtime will it take to restore and configure your mission-critical applications and data? For most businesses, prolonged downtime is simply not an option.
Or what if it's a more common scenario - a failed server or ransomware attack that corrupts your data? How long will it take to get a new server provisioned and configured with your current data and systems? How much productivity and revenue will you lose in the interim?
The reality is that data backup alone is not enough to protect your business against disasters and downtime. You need a comprehensive disaster recovery solution that allows you to quickly restore your data AND systems when the unexpected occurs. That's where BTS Technologies' SleepEZ Backup & Disaster Recovery (BDR) solution comes in.
SleepEZ: Total Data Protection for Your Business
SleepEZ from BTS is a powerful yet affordable BDR solution designed to fully safeguard your critical data and minimize downtime in any disaster scenario. With SleepEZ, you get:
- Complete image-based backup of your servers, data, applications, and system state captured as frequently as every 15 minutes.
- Local and off-site backup storage for maximum redundancy.
- Virtualization capability to run your backed-up server image as a virtual machine (VM) on the BDR appliance while rebuilding your primary system.
- 24/7 monitoring and alert notification to identify and resolve issues before they become problems.
- The ability to perform full bare metal restores or spin up individual files/applications as needed.
- Built-in security features like screenshot verification for added protection.
Perhaps best of all, SleepEZ provides these enterprise-level BDR capabilities through a simple, streamlined solution tailored for small and medium businesses at an affordable price point.
Scalable and Flexible to Grow With Your Needs
As your business evolves, SleepEZ can easily scale to meet your changing data protection and recovery needs. Support for advanced server virtualization allows you to quickly provision new VMs on the BDR appliance. Want to move to a virtual office or thin client environment? SleepEZ can be the platform to deploy and protect those virtual desktops and applications.
Our engineers work closely with you to customize SleepEZ implementations based on your infrastructure, compliance requirements, backup schedules, retention periods and recovery objectives. We have solutions for everything from single server environments all the way up to large multi-site deployments.
Peace of Mind Knowing Your Data is Protected
With SleepEZ, you can rest assured that your critical business data is always protected and available when you need it. In the event of a site disaster, our solution allows you to quickly virtualize your servers and continue core operations on the BDR appliance while we work to restore your primary systems. For isolated events like accidental deletions or ransomware attacks, you can rapidly restore just the affected data, applications or systems.
And SleepEZ doesn't just protect your data - it safeguards your business continuity. Our monitoring and backup verification ensure your data always includes a recoverable instance. With guaranteed recovery times, you'll minimize downtime and continue servicing your customers through any unplanned disruption. That's the peace of mind you need to truly sleep easy.
Don't Become a Statistic - Prioritize Data Protection Today
The statistics don't lie - companies that fail to properly protect their data face an uphill battle to recovery and survival after a disaster strikes. Don't let your business become another number. Contact the data protection experts at BTS Technologies today to learn how SleepEZ can give you the comprehensive data backup and disaster recovery solution you need.
Contact BTS today and attend one of our regular BDR seminars to see SleepEZ in action and understand why it's the right choice for your business continuity and compliance needs. Don't leave your business's future to chance - invest in the affordable, reliable data protection that SleepEZ provides.
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