Offsite Back up Server

Crystal IT can now provide a secure & reliable backup product called Offsite Dataguard:
What is offsite DataGuard?
Crystal Offsite DataGuard is an online data backup service, which has been developed to ensure that critical company data is protected from disaster; automatically, conveniently and securely, off-site; including files & folders, databases, and mail servers.

How does offsite DataGuard Work?
Offsite DataGuard uses the latest technology and security encryption techniques to send data from your server or computers, to our secured Remote Backup Servers, via a secure internet link.

How do I know that it is Working?
Offsite DataGuard provides you with peace of mind, that your important data is fully protected off-site, by automatically running backups at regular times, nominated by you. After each backup job is run, you’ll receive a full email report, listing all the files that have been backed up. Our IT support team also monitors the status of your backups and the software has inbuilt file verification, ensuring successful backups.

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Peace of Mind — Free Evaluation
We offer a 30 day trial period for you to evaluate our solution. At the end of the 30 day period if you are happy to proceed with the service, we will continue your account on a plan suitable for your needs.

Why use Crystal offsite DataGuard?

Offsite DataGuard has numerous advantages over traditional backup methods.

1. It’s Automatic: Online backups are the simplest way to protect your data. Once it’s set, you can forget it. Backups can be scheduled to run automatically at any time you desire. No tapes to change, no burning to CD or DVD, no remembering to take the backup drives/disks home.

2. It’s Secure. Your data is secured with military grade encryption before it even leaves your computer and only you have the key, meaning you control who has access.

3. It’s Cost Effective. Online backups offer value for money. For a fraction of the cost, you can have a data backup strategy rivalling those of the large companies. Click here for pricing.

4. It’s Offsite. For the best protection, your backups must be offsite. A backup strategy that leaves the backup media in the computer or at the office, isn’t a backup strategy—it’s asking for trouble. Off-site backups provide protection from fire, theft, sabotage and hardware failure, and removes the risk of backup media being lost or damaged when off-site.

5. It’s Online. Not only do you have the convenience of automatic backups through your internet connection; you can also access your files through a web browser 24/7. If you need to restore your data, a few clicks of the mouse are all that’s required.

6. It’s Reliable. In our experience over the past 15 years, backup systems have proven to be the single most problematic area of data management. By removing the dependence on backup drives, media and the human element, we have delivered reliability and peace of mind to the area of managing critical data.

An initial setup fee of $200 is payable, which includes the following:

DataGuard software license fee $100
Initial consultation and setup $100
Initial backup seeded to hard drive
Test & monitor backup Demonstrate test restore after first backup

Disaster Recovery Solution
Crystal offer an optional Disaster Recovery solution. This solution provides a local Image Based backup, which enables rapid recovery of an entire server or large amounts of data. Setting up this solution merely requires an adequately sized external hard drive, which we can supply. Crystal’s Disaster Recovery solution is the perfect partner to the DataGuard product.

Pricing — Monthly Fee
The pricing table below shows the monthly fees for off-site backup. ( All prices quoted are GST inclusive.)

Size *
12 Months Prepaid

6 Months Prepaid

Monthly
Fee ‡

2 GB

$30

$35

$40

5 GB

$50

$55

$60

10 GB

$70

$80

$90

20 GB

$110

$125

$140

30 GB

$130

$145

$160

50 GB

$160

$180

$200

70 GB

$190

$215

$240

100 GB

$245

$270

$300

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* Size in GB’s refers to total storage capacity. Note that all backup data is compressed thus providing greater storage capacity.

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