The Cons of Off-site Tape Storage

• Investment in equipment required.
• Tapes deteriorate with time have to be replaced periodically.
• Data written to tapes is not usually encrypted, allowing anyone with access to your tapes to view your data.
• Improper handling and transportation of data tapes can result in data loss.
• Manpower is required to mount tapes and manage tape usage.
• Tapes have to be transported to and from the storage location daily.
• There is a cost for each tape delivery and retrieval transaction.
• You do  not have immediate access to your backup data. This prevents you from immediately restoring files should the need arise.
• The operating cost is high relative the cost of remote backups.
• You are often unaware that a backup was incomplete until you attempt to restore data.
• If you are in a small country and there is a national disaster such as a hurricane, your backups could be destroyed.

The Benefits of DBSBackup Remote backups

• No additional investment in equipment is required.
• Data not prone to deterioration,
• Your data is fully encrypted and you alone have the decryption key.
• The backup process is fully automated and does not require human intervention.
• There is a fixed low monthly fee for the service.
• A redundant copy of your data is stored in a different country to protect against a national disaster.
• You have full access to all of your backup data and can perform a full or partial restoration at any time without having to contact or notify DBSBackup .
• DBSBackup notifies you by email of successful, incomplete or missed backups.