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

"Looking to get a price on upwards of 4TB of space?"
-- Creative Design/Writing/Production, Computers - Software, Louisville, KY

"I need to perform a FULL MIRROR IMAGE backup ONLY. Backing up files is unacceptable, I need to be able to drop the entire system back into play IMMEDIATELY if there has been a failure. The OS is Vista, but I didn't see that so I chose Windows 2003 instead."
-- Consultant, Telecom/Utilities, Holbrook, NY

"We have one server that we would like backed up nightly."
-- Purchasing Manager, Other Business Services, Hudson, NH

"I am a small photography studio with 1 RAID server, 3 WinXP PC's and 2 Macs. All are networked together and use the same DSL line to access the web."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Other Business Services, Marietta, GA

"We would need to back up our accounting system which is called a MAS 90 in addition to staff office computers. We have three office locations but one has very limited use of computers and the staff are usually in the field. Our agency budget is 1.3 million annually and we do not have a server. We do have an internal back up hard drive but in the event of fire, it too would be lost."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Non-Profit, Keystone, WV

"I don't know whats required ! I lost all my pictures, restoring my computer, after it crashed."
-- Buyer, Media/Entertainment/Publishing, Gardendale, TX

"We are currently looking to change who we have doing our remote backup. We would also like to have the new company that we choose to be able to provide tech support when we are in need of it."
-- Accounting/Finance, Manufacturing, Salt Lake City, UT

"Can the files be backed up on a daily bases? As a customer, can I access my files if needed?"
-- CEO/President/Owner, Real Estate, Virginia Beach, VA

"Broke hard drive needed to recovery all information from hard drive."
-- Buyer, Retail, Los Angeles, CA

"Please provide me the pricing of 6 months contract only.Thank you."
-- Engineer/Programmer, Other Business Services, Marina Del Rey, CA

"I desire to backup data from one computer, using Windows Millennium OS and then download the same data to another computer using Windows Vista. Is this possible?"
-- Partner/Principal, Financial Services, Waban, MA

"We have a server that has a few hard drives that need to be backed up every night."
-- Administrative Assistant, Construction/General Contracting, Tallahassee, FL

"Mostly copies of documents, and receipts, and some pictures of properties."
-- Office Manager, Real Estate, Flushing, NY

"I lease office space. The offices share a network. I would like to offer tenants these services."
-- Partner/Principal, Other Business Services, Saint Augustine, FL

"Make it easy, one click back up, or aouto back up."
-- Buyer, Other Business Services, Rochester, NY

"I need everything on the drives backed up. I am running a dos application on an xp machine. I need all the software and operating systems backed up to the point I could down load it to a computer and the down loaded software would run the machine like my old one. I would also need this tested."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Retail, Richmond, VA

"We are looking for a facility in the Los Angeles area where we can install a physical unit (SonicWall CDP unit) for our off-site data backup. The unit itself holds a max of 250GB. The size of the unit is a 2U. The required speed does not need to be that fast, as we would only be accessing the data in the unit in the event of data loss at our location."
-- Office Manager, Consulting, Long Beach, CA

"We will not need to backup any data on a pc. All data is stored on the server on a share drive."
-- MIS/IT, Manufacturing, Wickenburg, AZ

"We just need some off-site storage for our client information and records. Currently I am using a Seagate 750GB external drive, but we want to store it off-site for security reasons."
-- Sales/Business Development, Advertising/Marketing/PR, Phoenix, AZ

"I have a few clients looking for automatic off-site storage of their corporate information."
-- Consultant, Consulting, Glen Oaks, NY

"We have identified a high risk potential within our company from a data back-up perspective and are currently exploring options for data back-up solutions that will reduce the risk of file loss and increase overall company efficiencies. We do not currently have a server, but may make the investment depending on what a back-up solution may require."
-- Office Manager, Advertising/Marketing/PR, Eden Prairie, MN

"I don't know enough to know what I need, except that it seems wise to have off-site backup."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Other Business Services, Surprise, AZ

"You don't list my internet access - it is by Hughes Net Satellite - uploads between 50 and 90, depending upon the mood they're in."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Advertising/Marketing/PR, Priest River, ID

"Do you have the option to have a real time backup?"
-- MIS/IT, Manufacturing, Miami, FL

"1. I need archive storage for at least 1 year at a time of all datafiles.2. I need archive storage of pst files too.3. I need remote access via a web browser.4. I don't want files deleted from storage because they are no longer on my laptop.5. I need to store Word, Excel, PDF's, DAT, DWG, and ARgus files."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Real Estate, Kirkland, WA

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