Online Backups
The reality is that computer failures happen. A user can accidentally delete a file. A hard drive can crash. A natural disaster can destroy your computer systems. If you have not yet experienced a computer problem that placed your critical files at risk, it will happen eventually. How would your business survive if you lost all your files? Consider the following:
- Up to 13% of hard drives fail every year.
- 50% of computer users have lost or accidentally deleted files from their primary computer.
- Approximately 2 million laptops are stolen every year, and only 2% are ever recovered.
The simple fact is that you cannot afford to not be backing up your files. A backup allows you quickly and easily recover from common computer disasters. Unfortunately, many people wait until it is too late. You can’t protect your data after the fact. You have to put a backup plan in place now.
The Benefit of Online Backup
Natural disasters happen. Imagine an earthquake in California or a tornado in the middle of the country. No one wants to think about these things but what good is a backup on a USB hard drive sitting in your office if your office is damaged?
Hard drives fail. If you’re currently backing up your data to a removable hard drive, you’re ahead of the game! Many individuals and businesses have not even taken that step. Now a question, what happens when your backup hard drive is one of the 13% of hard drives that fail every year?
Online backup is the solution. Your files are encrypted and uploaded to a secure data center on the Internet. This protects your data, no matter what the situation. Online backup is an essential component of a successful backup strategy. You have to have backups stored in a remote location to be truly safe.
TerraEdge and Carbonite
Carbonite is a world leader in online backup. TerraEdge has partnered with Carbonite to offer a simple and cost effective online backup solution for our customers. Carbonite provides the infrastructure to perform online backups of your files. TerraEdge provides the service of installing and configuring your backups. The result is an all-in-one solution to protect your data.
Carbonite Plans
Carbonite offers three different plans to meet the needs of different types of users.
Home & Home Office
If you’re a home user or run a small business out of your home, the Home & Home Office solution is perfect for you. This plan is recommended for a business with 1 or 2 computers.
Plan Benefits
- Unlimited data storage
- Automated backups
- Rapid file recovery from the computer, the Internet, or a smartphone
Carbonite for Home & Home Office is purchased with an annual plan. The cost for this plan is $59 per year, per machine.
Business
If you’re running a small business that has 3 or more computers, the business plan from Carbonite is perfect for you.
Plan Benefits
- No per machine license fees: You can backup data from as many machines as you have in your environment
- 250 GB of backup storage space
- Additional storage can be added: If you’re using more than 250GB of storage, you can add 50GB additional storage for $46 per year or 100GB of additional storage for $89 per year.
- Automated backups
- Rapid file recovery
The Carbonite Business plan is $229 per year.
Business Premier
Business Premier is the perfect plan if you have large storage requirements or have a server in your network environment.
- No per machine license fees: You can backup data from as many machines as you have in your environment
- 500 GB of backup storage space
- Additional storage can be added: If you’re using more than 500GB of storage, you can add 50GB additional storage for $46 per year or 100GB of additional storage for $89 per year.
- Automated backups
- Rapid file recovery
- Support for backing up Windows server machines
The Carbonite Premier plan is $599 per year.
TerraEdge Can Help!
When you partner with TerraEdge for your online backup needs, we will help you select the appropriate plan. This takes the guesswork out of setting up online backup. If you need assistance installing the software and configuring your backup, we offer a service to do that as well. We are here to ensure your data is protected.
To get started, simply fill out the form below. We will contact you to discuss your online backup options and get you setup to protect your critical data!
Source of statistics: http://www.carbonite.com