Service 06Retention

Managed backups.

Backups designed, run and tested for servers, virtual machines and Microsoft 365. Offsite, encrypted and restored on a schedule to prove they work.

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Scope

What the service covers
01

3-2-1 design

Three copies, on two types of media, with one offsite, as a minimum.

02

Immutable copies

Backups that ransomware cannot encrypt or delete.

03

Server and VM backup

Linux, Windows and hypervisor-level backups with application consistency.

04

Microsoft 365

Mail, OneDrive and SharePoint backed up independently of Microsoft.

05

Restore testing

Restores carried out on a schedule and reported.

06

Retention policy

Retention set to match your legal and operational obligations.

Method

4 stages
1

Assess

What needs protecting, and how quickly it must come back.

2

Design

Schedule, retention and offsite targets agreed.

3

Run

Jobs monitored daily and failures actioned.

4

Test

Restores tested and reported on a schedule.

You receive

  • +Backup policy document
  • +Daily job monitoring
  • +Scheduled restore test reports
  • +Offsite, encrypted copies

Tooling

resticBorgBackupProxmox Backup ServerVeeamZFS sendS3-compatible storage
Available as
  • Managed
  • Project
  • On call
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