You might consider where they live as well. A large scale problem where several companies are trying to get at their data?
I remember running into that after loma prieta. The DR Company didn't have room to handle all the companies. Granted that was pre-cloud days but are they up to handling several at once? -----Original Message----- From: David Lum [mailto:david....@nwea.org] Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 10:26 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Backup to cloud? +1. It's the Recovery Time Objective (RTO) here that concerns me. Here's a thought, maybe I should ask the client what's tolerable. Why I didn’t think of that first... Dave -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 10:11 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Backup to cloud? 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 <b...@rolandschorr.com> 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:david....@nwea.org] > 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
