How to go about
the Backup Software Purchase Decision?
The
more popular methodology for analyzing competing brands is to
define the main attributes used by the industry to describe
its offerings and to examine the product features of each brand
in the light of these attributes. Here are 6 easy steps to make
sure that you will buy the right backup software. Step 3: "Performance"This relates mainly to the speed of the product.
Essentially, you should ask:
- How fast is the product under consideration
and does the speed of the product match the time window available
for backup?
- What features does the product contain that
reduce the time of backup and restore? Is the product designed
to minimize the time needed for software administration?
- What do independent reviews by magazines
say about the company and the products in respect of performance
and speed?
Step 4: "Reliability"This is probably one of the core elements and
relates to the ability of the product to deliver a 100% accurate
restore of the set of data that has been backed up. 'Reliability'
also relates to the technological prowess of the vendor and
the ability of the vendor to provide the highest level of customer
and technical support.
Make the following considerations with regards peace of mind
and reliability:
- Does the product under consideration allow
all data and equipment to be backed up or does it omit certain
file-types and machines thereby creating a potential flaw
in your continuity program?
- Are the schedules reliable? Do they operate
well? What about reporting and fault logging? Is the backup
administrator or user alerted when and if something goes wrong?
Is the fault logging comprehensive and does it explain the
errors in full?
- Does the product encrypt the backup archive?
What are the levels of encryption it provides? Does the product
have 256 bit encryption?
- What kind of data validation does the product
perform? Is it bit-level validation? In other words those
the product guarantee (falling short of the integrity of the
data source and the integrity of the storage media) the integrity
of the data? Does the product guarantee 100% accuracy of restore?
- What are the possibilities of error and
confusion in backing up and restoring data by using the product
under consideration? Do vendors try to minimize these problems
by an easy to use and intuitive interface thereby rendering
the product much more reliable?
- Is the product easy to use thereby allowing
you to fully backup their data on a daily basis without much
effort?
- What do independent reviews by magazines
say about the company and the products in respect of reliability
and the technology used to ensure 100% accurate restores?
Step
5 and 6: Features and Breadth of Coverage
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