Affordable Disaster
Recovery (DR) Services
Built For Small Business
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Can your
business operate smoothly for
two days without your servers? How about a week? Or even a month?
If your
business is like most small businesses, you have processes in
place to handle the loss of your server for one or two days, but
having a traditional system that allows for longer outages would
rob you of the flexibility and efficiency you need to survive in
today’s ultra-competitive environment.
So a
traditional system is out, but how about a new approach that
leverages your current investment in technology instead of
duplicating it? |
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Disasters take many forms
If you
associate the phrase “Disaster Recovery” primarily with events
such as 9/11 and Katrina, you are probably joining many
small-business managers in questioning the value of a DR system,
considering the odds against such misfortune.
In actuality,
while network design & management's DR system is designed to provide a reasonable balance
between cost and protection in the event of major catastrophes
like fires and storms, our systems are likely to be put into use
much more frequently and for reasons more mundane than many
expect.
Over the
years, ndmg has employed elements of our DR system to aid clients
in recovering from such typical problems as network viruses,
hardware failures, stolen equipment, and even faulty software
patches.
And, since
recovery to a standby system typically takes just hours, ndmg’s DR
system can be your ticket to getting your business running again
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Disaster recovery requires more than just a backup
system
While the two
terms are often interchanged by many people, DR and backup systems
serve two distinctly different, yet related, functions. In
general, the purpose of a backup system is to provide the ability
to retrieve company data, while our DR system focuses on providing
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Time to weigh your options
For disasters involving
hardware issues, having the ability to recover to a standby system
means repair / replace decisions can focus on achieving the best
long-term results for your company, and not simply on achieving
the quickest resolution. In some cases, this will mean staying on
the standby server until a completely new system can be procured
and configured, while other situations will only require holding
off until replacement parts arrive. Either way, you get the time
to make the right decision for your company.
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Making it work
Five years in
the making, ndmg’s DR system reflects our commitment to bringing
enterprise-class functionality to our small business clients.
Starting with an understanding of several advanced technologies,
such as hardware virtualization and online disk imaging for
servers, we blended in our experience working with commodity
hardware and created a simple, quick, and affordable DR solution
for small businesses.
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Service Packages
Network design and
management group Disaster
Recovery Service Enrollment - $380 for the first server,
$330
for additional servers
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Includes online disk imaging software
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Requires approximately 2 hours per server for initial
configuration and imaging
Monthly
Storage Service- $50 per 75GB unit ($50 minimum)
- Three
drive rotation (images are typically taken monthly)
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image is stored on two drives, each drive typically has two
complete images of a single server
- Drives
are dedicated to a single client
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Off-site storage is provided by ndmg
- Imaging
requires approximately ½ - 1 hour of labor per server if not
performed during a regular visit
Recovery
Server Usage - $125 per week
* All labor
is additional and will be billed at the client’s effective rate
as of the date the labor is performed.
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