BuyerZone users' remote data backup requirements

We ask users of our quote request service to describe their remote data backup purchasing requirements in detail so the vendors we match them to can provide customized information in response. Now we're sharing these buyer requirements with you.

We hope these user comments help you get a sense of what types of remote data backup systems other users are choosing and what considerations are important to the average buyer. Take a look and you'll probably see some responses that are relevant to your business.

BuyerZone user comments: remote data backup purchasing requirements

"Two people, seven computers, three fixed locations and two mobile."
-- Partner/Principal, Manufacturing, Richland, MO

"Need the ability to do a brick level restore for Exchange 2003 mailboxes."
-- MIS/IT, Health Care, Liverpool, NY

"Professional photographer who lectures regularly with PPA & WPPI about business recovery and preparation for disasters. Looking 1st for vendor who will offer secure storage of data, transfer rate for UL/DL and rates. Would prefer someone who will offer discounts to PPA, SEP, WPPI, DWF members."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Other Business Services, Reinholds, PA

"We probably would only backup our main computer / server. Price separately if we also backed up our other 5 workstations."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Transportation/Logistics, Knoxville, TN

"We need to back up one external network drive which has a max capacity of 500 gigs. Currently the drive has about 200 gigs of data on it."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Legal, Tulsa, OK

"I only want to back-up a single client folder from my server."
-- Partner/Principal, Advertising/Marketing/PR, Columbus, OH

"Simply want an off-site source to back-up our financial records. Back-up doesn't have to be daily - once a week?"
-- Office Manager, Telecom/Utilities, Aguanga, CA

"We can avoid using a server if that makes a price difference."
-- MIS/IT, Real Estate, Fenton, MI

"Looking for a NAS backup appliance that will store offsite via internet. Backup and/or replication will happen after business hours. We still have to thin out the backup data, but at present, a full backup is 400GB, and we will need room for growth."
-- MIS/IT, Biotech/Pharmaceuticals, Annapolis, MD

"I am a photographer. I currently have around 1.5T of images that I will need to backup remotely. I would like to be able to access this info from any location."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Advertising/Marketing/PR, San Francisco, CA

"We have up to eight individual computers tied into our server and our server is what we want to back up daily."
-- Buyer, Legal, Walla Walla, WA

"We will be backing up from a 400 GB network hard drive."
-- Partner/Principal, Advertising/Marketing/PR, Irwin, PA

"The need to upload large quantities of photographs 40mgs or more at one time without interruption."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Advertising/Marketing/PR, Mill Valley, CA

"Need cost for backing up our server at least once a day."
-- Partner/Principal, Construction/General Contracting, Anaheim, CA

"We are a church with fairly nominal needs. We want to back up critical documents on one server."
-- Buyer, Non-Profit, Wilmington, DE

"I need a tier 1 service in order to meet HIPAA compliance for disaster recovery."
-- MIS/IT, Government, La Jolla, CA

"We are looking to back up a server for 3 computer network, networked only for income tax programs and data. We expect multiple years to total about 1 gig."
-- Partner/Principal, Financial Services, San Diego, CA

"I want to be able to have a image of my machine."
-- Buyer, Other Business Services, Lake Ariel, PA

"Requesting a quote to remotely backup 170 GB of data with 20 GB year growth and daily changes ranging from 10 to 1500 MB, average of 30 MB."
-- Engineer/Programmer, Other Business Services, Cleveland, OH

"Switching to a new computer using Windows Vista. Do I use remote storage for backup or buy an external hard drive?"
-- Consultant, Education, Clermont, FL

"Laptop computer used for business...I do onsite backup...but periodical would like to make offsite backup just in case a disaster happens. Say back up once per month. I am also concerned about security and confidentiality related to the vendor I select. thanks mark."
-- Partner/Principal, Health Care, Broken Arrow, OK

"We need to back up 200GB at one location, and 300GB at another location each day. Our T1 line is shared by our phones."
-- Buyer, Other Business Services, Lawrenceville, GA

"We want to backup ONE server each night; Would prefer this action be automated."
-- MIS/IT, Education, West Palm Beach, FL

"1-person company, need easy automatic backup and retrieval, 1 computer, 30 days holding, cost-effective, protect security."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Consulting, Pleasant Valley, IA

"We would need historical backup, 3 months or more would be best."
-- MIS/IT, Computers - Software, Spokane, WA

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