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

"Can you please send me some information regarding your backup software for small businesses. We only would like to backup one server (however, it is a Windows Server and also has Exchange on it). Right now we currently have approximately 525 GB of data that needs to be backed up."
-- MIS/IT, Financial Services, Lafayette, LA

"Does your service also provide support to backup locally too?"
-- MIS/IT, Retail, Kennesaw, GA

"We have a peer to peer network system and would like to make our offsite back ups from on of our PC locations, if this is possible."
-- Office Manager, Manufacturing, Payson, UT

"Not much. I am a beginner when it comes to backing up files and such. I had to perform a System restore not too long ago. I think it is time to do a back up."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Retail, Powder Springs, GA

"This is a Local Government. We have various Tax and Utility Programs."
-- Accounting/Finance, Government, Chincoteague Island, VA

"Data must be secured (kept confidential) and ideally would be accessible from other computers. Data should be backed up each night."
-- Partner/Principal, Real Estate, Beaverton, OR

"In case of a disaster that destroys our hardware can we contract for hardware to process the information retrieved from our remote backup?"
-- CFO, Manufacturing, Tulsa, OK

"Would like to back up our server primarily on a nightly basis."
-- Partner/Principal, Construction/General Contracting, Rochester, NY

"Backing up Quick Books is a must daily."
-- General Manager, Retail, Bartlett, TN

"I have a client that wants me to find out about offsite storage and wants the files encrypted when backed up. [Related to regulations - ie HIPPA]."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Consulting, Plymouth, MA

"Gov. Files - contain complete information on clients. Need protection."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Real Estate, Martin, KY

"I have a home PC want to be able to back it up at work. I have internet connection at work, and home I have fios."
-- R&D, Real Estate, Chestnut Hill, MA

"I would like to know the additional cost (if any) of being able to retrieve backed-up files from a remote location."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Consulting, Kansas City, MO

"We are using Windows Small business server 2003 and MS exchange and use the internal tape drive for back up."
-- Buyer, Construction/General Contracting, Lilburn, GA

"We have one server with about 27GB of data and three other computers that we may or may not back up. Not sure how much data is on the other computers."
-- Buyer, Health Care, Wixom, MI

"We will be backing up our servers only. Approximately 250-350GB. Looking for something that requires no user intervention. Backups to be done every 48 hours with a weekly snapshot done every Sunday morning. History to be maintained for 1 year."
-- Administrative Assistant, Government, Florissant, MO

"I have a to system restore my drive because of a hard drive worm destroyed my computer."
-- Buyer, Other Business Services, Barrington, IL

"I would like to backup entire system states for 4 servers totaling about 80-90GB."
-- MIS/IT, Other Business Services, San Antonio, TX

"We have several independent hard drives that need to be backed up & stored."
-- Consultant, Other Business Services, Sunbury, OH

"4 Servers on Win2k3 platform requiring off site DR capabilities."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Information Services, Mesquite, TX

"Pittsburgh area non-profit family counseling and menatal health services provider looking for a secure offsite storage for crucial business data. Approximately 300 GB. HIPAA compliance is essential."
-- CIO, Non-Profit, Pittsburgh, PA

"I need to make my computer back to the way it was when I bought it."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Financial Services, Humble, TX

"We currently do inhouse backups to external HD's using Acronis Disk Images."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Computers - Hardware, Valdosta, GA

"We are a medical office and will need certification that records will be secure in compliance with HIPPA.Thanks,Lorrena."
-- General Manager, Health Care, Eureka, CA

"I am looking for a system that is compliant with SEC Rule 17a-4. Specifically, it must meet the following criteria:(A) Preserve the records exclusively in a non-rewriteable, non-erasable format;(B) Verify automatically the quality and accuracy of the storage media recording process;(C) Serialize the original and, if applicable, duplicate units of storage media, and time-date for the required period of retention the information placed on such electronic storage media; and(D) Have the capacity to readily download indexes and records preserved on the electronic storage media to any medium acceptable under this paragraph (f) as required by the Commission or the self-regulatory organizations of which the member, broker, or dealer is a member."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Financial Services, West Jordan, UT

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