That's the dirty little secret of cloud backups - restore windows can be ENORMOUS, especially if the client is sitting behind a 3x1 Internet connection.
Some cloud services will (for an extra fee) overnight a DVD of your data to you in case you need to do a full restore. Still... As for liabilities - I'd probably consult with your lawyers (not the client) to see what they think. I'd guess you'd need to have a pretty solid contract with them laying out what you are, and aren't responsible for along with SLAs. Then you'll want a good professional liability insurance policy to cover you for those things you are responsible for. Ben M. Schorr Chief Executive Officer Roland Schorr & Tower www.rolandschorr.com<http://www.rolandschorr.com/> / www.officeforlawyers.com<http://www.officeforlawyers.com/> / www.onenote-tips.com<http://www.onenote-tips.com/> Member: American Bar Association - 01473703 Author: The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Outlook 2010: http://goo.gl.HWqKc Author: The Lawyer's Guide to Microsoft Word 2010: http://tinyurl.com/abaword2010 From: David Lum [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 10:21 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Backup to cloud? Does backup to cloud even matter if the time to retrieve it spans 20+ hours? If I were to consider hosting a clients' backups at my location, where do I go to find what liabilities I need to worry about. Coincidentally the client in mind is a law firm of all places... David Lum Sr. Systems Engineer // NWEATM Office 503.548.5229 // Cell (voice/text) 503.267.9764 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
