The Simplest Solution You Could IMAGINE! (Score 1)

Okay, backing up our data is obviously important... and there are probably hundreds of different solutions out there. But which one is the most cost effective yet the most automated.

What I recommend is something straight forward. Something so simple that it is almost too good to be true. We set it up ourselves, and let me tell you, it is such an amazing process it isn't funny.

We had the same problem with our employees... everything is saved in their "My Documents" folder on their desktop. So what we did is this. We set up a specific server to host all the My Docs directories. We put massive storage in the server to make sure we don't run out of space. Then we went around to each desktop and changed the path to the My Docs directory pointing to our new server.

Now for the backup part:

We signed up with a remote back up company that has very flexible solutions. We basically push a secure transfer nightly to their remote servers. We pay our monthly fee, and have nothing to worry about. The company we chose does a lot of government work and a lot of work for MAJOR fortune 500 companies, and is bonded and secured (I don't think the Gov't would let some of their top secret info to be backed up by the company if it wasn't secure, know what I mean?).

If we ever need to retireve the data, no problem. If we need to change frequency to back up 4 times a day, or as little as once a week, no problem. They are SO flexible it isn't funny.

If you have any questions about our solution, let me know. I'd be more than glad to help you out on a one to one basis.

Simple yet smart, thats the way we went.

And the best part, it is so affordable. No more tapes in our organization!

My email addy is joe at savedonline dot com (no spaces, or underscores or anything. I hate Spam so I thought I'd put it like this to avoid it if possible).

CHEERS!

Joe Ussia
http://www.savedonline.com