Hi Simon,
As Peter suggested, we also believe that the backup function is more
that just storing the stuff somewhere out of the practice, or even out
of a device. Its the complete backup && security && recovery lifecyle
of a practice dataset.
In our case, Insight provides a single click GMAIL Backup for a
practice. GMAIL also provides around 2Gb of free storage, which in the
case of Insight holds several hundreds days worth of backups for a
dataset spanning a couple of years of a practice trading. Insight
backups are strongly encrypted to ensure privacy of practice data and
avoid content parsing by bots. When you run out of GMAIL space, you do
a bit of cleanup and delete the oldest few weeks (it depends on your
strategy) and off you go again. Simple and reliable with very short
upload/download times.
One advantage of using GMAIL is that you can get to your backup from
anywhere and download your latest backup. Then you can use "Insight
Anywhere" (SSL) option to restore your system remotely. No need to
restart you remote machine.
Regarding your "Tip", I believe that risking your business continuity
for the sake of a few dollars a month might be unwise, the upload cost
usually is no more (perhaps Telstra is a lot more) than an additional
three or four Item 23 a year. Surely a practice can afford that,
otherwise go paper.
regards,
Mario
Mario Ruiz
Alerce Software Pty
www.alerce.com.au
Simon James wrote:
Curious as to what other Internet backup services folks are using - an
article may be in order.
Tip: Don't even think about Internet backup if you are getting charged for
uploads by your ISP (e.g. Telstra).
Cheers,
Simon
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