Located securely in our offices in Penryn, we house a number of offsite Backup Servers.
Backup sets are configured to run unattended during out of office hours. The backup client maintains a log of backups that have taken place and any files skipped. These logs can then be emailed to a nominated person and allow you (and NCI) to keep track of all backup jobs scheduled.
While encrypting your backup files, obscuring filenames and password protecting your data, other built-in safeguards keep the Data Repository safe. The Data Repository does not initiate restorations and does not transmit its presence to keep your data away from hackers and prying eyes. The backup software uses the Blowfish algorithm to encrypt backup data at the Client before sending it over the internet to the Data Repository. This protects your data from "line sniffers" - hackers who use tools to listen and watch network activity.
NCI's Offsite Backup solution is a client/server backup solution that contains two components: the Data Repository software (residing on our servers) and the Client software (installed onto your servers). The Data Repository manages the Backup Clients and stores their backup data.