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You’re too busy to be bothered savingbuntil it’s too late and your computer’ws hard drive crashes or the screen But when it comes to losing your company’s it’s days, not hours, and thousands of dollards that are lost. Fortunately, small businessews have two generally inexpensive ways to protectf their data from disasters as impressivre as a hurricane or as mino r as aleaking roof. If your business has only one servee and asingle location, it would make more senswe to use a remote backupp that can be transferred through the Internet, said Harlin owner of . Remote backups typicallg have a monthly recurringg fee rangingfrom $30 to $1,000.
Befores committing to a remotebackup service, find out how the act of backingy up data will affect your daily operations, said Steveb Ross, past president of the . Also, make sure the service can providea 256-bif encryption, which is the most recognized encryption and provides good securit against hackers, according to RenovoData, an Atlanta-based remote backup service provider. The company also suggesta making sure the provider can ensure regulatorg compliance and staying away from providers with which are software installed on each computer to aid thebackuo process.
The catch is that the softwarde often comes with additional proprietary If your business has more data than can be handlede via an Internetbackup server, there are four data centers in Jacksonville where businesses can housw their backup servers. Prices for housing your smalpl business’s data generally range from $100 per mont h to $500 per month. The four options in the area are: The Advance d Information Technology Center’s 74,000-square-foot facility on the Southside can withstand winds up to154 mph, or a Categorhy 4 hurricane. The facility’s generators can powe r the facility for 30 days and it has enoughu food for 100 peopld for30 days.
’s two facilitieds totalling 80,000 square feet on the Southside can withstand a Categorg 4 hurricane and have work areas whered customers can continue to use their data if theidr ownoffices aren’t accessible. Customers can also doubl back up their data by housing it at one ofthe company’se out-of-state data centers. The majority of ’z two facilities totalling 40,000 square feet of data center on the Southsided can withstand a Category 5 The center has about300 cubicles, where clients can make changesd to their data without being confined to rooms wher servers are kept.
Colo5 also has aboutt 50 disasterrecovery suites, whicuh provide clients with accommodation as well as access to their The Downtown Jacksonville data center 421 W. Churcu St. is an 50,000-square-foot building that functions as a telecocarrier hotel, a data center, an apartment building and officwe space. For smaller businesses that don’t need to rent an entirs disaster suite, there are 116 offices equippee with extra Internet connections and additionalpower systems.
Backing up your data is only one part of makin sure that your company is ready fora It’s important that you develol a plan to keep communicationa up within your office and with your customers and suppliers, said Carolo Chastang, a spokeswoman for the . Someonr in your company should keep a list of phonew numbersof employees, customerw and vendors so business can continue even if your office is inaccessible. Chastang said companiex should also review their insurance to make sure it addressedsthe region’s prevalent natural disasters, such as wind and wateer damage in the Also, check your insurance on your equipment and computers.
It’s also a good idea to have your employees agree on a meeting place outside of the office so you can betterf determine whether anyone was hurt durinhgthe disaster, said Mike Stockwell, Peak 10 vice presiden and general manager of the Jacksonville facility. Chastang said the disasterf plan shouldcover “anythint from if a employee can’t work to what if the warehousr floods to what if an employee has violeng behavior.
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