Someone once said something I now say: "I don't care about backups. I care about restores."
Of course, that includes time to restore, as well as integrity of restore. AFAICT, backups to the cloud, absent a local copy, aren't worth a whole bunch, if my 7tb file server falls over. Kurt On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 9:24 AM, Ben M. Schorr <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 / www.officeforlawyers.com / 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] > 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 ~ 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
