Downtime is inevitable in an organisation’s IT infrastructure. Whether caused by user error, natural disasters, ransomware attacks or other potential threats, downtime can result in productivity and revenue loss. It also damages an organisation’s brand and reputation. Your last line of defence to mitigate downtime, is a humble local backup.

Many will argue that due to the rise of cloud computing, local servers and backups and declining. However, there will always be certain cases where cloud-based servers and infrastructure is not a viable option. Couple that with more and more organisations moving back to on-prem from the public cloud, or incorporating a hybrid approach. Local backups are making a comeback!

But what happens when a site-wide disaster happens and you aren’t able to quickly bring your infrastructure online with local backups?

This is where the value of Arcserve’s Cloud Services shine.

Cloud Services is a cloud-based disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) solution. It allows you to securely replicate your local backups onto robust and resilient cloud infrastructure. It features secure offsite storage and immediate file / folder recovery from the cloud. The top-tier service level – Cloud Premium – also offers rapid virtualisation of your servers in the cloud, with networking and firewall options for your endpoints to connect in.

By utilising Cloud Premium, you can:
  • Reduce your costs to managing infrastructure needed for rapid disaster recovery.
  • Gain access to data anytime, anywhere.
  • Provide and ensure 100% business continuity, to those that need it most.
Other of Cloud Premium include:
  • 1TB of storage per server, that is pooled at the MSP level.
  • Customisable retention settings to allow you to meet your recovery point objectives (RPOs).
  • A self-service cloud portal.
  • 30 days free virtualisation per machine per year, to allow frequent testing of your business continuity plan.
How to get Cloud Premium?

For those with existing ShadowProtect SPX or ShadowXafe deployments, Cloud Premium can be easily accessed and managed from the Arcserve MSP portal (formerly StorageCraft MSP portal). Once you’ve created the machine in the Cloud Services portal, just enter the details into either your ShadowXafe management console or ShadowProtect SPX Image Manager console as a new destination.

For those looking to utilise Cloud Premium on a new customer/site or are new to Arcserve solutions, the OneXafe Solo is an easy way to get your machines backed up and protected on Cloud Premium.

For more information on the OneXafe Solo, setting up Cloud Premium or how it can help your business continuity plan, contact us at arcserve@sofsol.co.nz

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