Desaster Strategy

Back-up and More

AVAILABILITY

One system of genioDATA must be available for the customer. The degree of availability is determined by the customer.

BASIC BACK-UP

This is a system back-up on a daily basis. It is completed at night and stored for a few days. In case a disaster strikes, this back-up will be used to restore the customer's data. At worst, the customer will not lose more than one day's worth of data.

SHORT INTERVALS

The interval of back-up can be shortened, for example down to once per hour. The customer books this option along with the system or adds it later.

ADDITIONAL BACK-UPS

In addition, customers can have their systems backed up from the inside – on file system or application level. The methods available include back-up, synchronization, and archiving.

CHANGES

Changes to the requested back-up concept can be requested in either direction (more extensive or riskier) at any time by the customer. Billing of all service beyond basic back-up is based on the occupied back-up space. Therefore adherence to a time limit is not required.

Backup

Back-up With Geared Depths

Back-up is defined as a process, in which data is copied onto common destinations (tapes, files) according to scheduled intervals.

Synchronization

Easy Access

In this case, the content of two file systems (hard drive, folders, and so on) is compared. In case of error, copies will be accessed without special software.

Archiving

Survival In The Long Run

Back-up and synchronization are methods used to secure data short-term. Their purpose is the availability of copies for a short period of time as new copies are produced fast. Archiving is the long-term back-up of data (years, decades) and includes versioning (back-up of several versions of a file).