Databases Solutions
Welcome to the Databases research pavilion. Below you will find information from most of the leading vendors of these solutions and services in New Zealand, including contact details, case studies, articles, demos, web links, brochures and white papers to assist you research and locate the best solution for your organisation. Check also the iStart Diary for local seminars on this subject. All vendors showcased below will be glad to assist with your enquiries.
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Overview
How should a company store all its information to ensure it is safe and secure in the event of system crashes and other crises?
Back-up requires more than wishful thinking or hoping someone else is taking responsibility. Ensuring your data is safe in a crisis requires forward planning which covers off the bases in a worst-case scenario. Leaving essential company data on a stand alone PC is risky – and most businesses have outgrown making back-ups on floppy disks or removable hard disk cartridges. The next step up is to invest in either tape storage, extra hard drives or re-writable CD or DVD drives.
For larger businesses dedicated network-attached storage (NAS) and RAID (redundant array of independent disks) systems which store the same data in different places on multiple hard disks for high availability and security are both popular. Storage area networks (SANs), where essential data is stored off-site and data warehousing, where organisations outsource capacity, are both solutions that provide secure and large scale back-up. Another option is to use an internet service provider to back-up your data daily using an internet link to upload your data to a secure facility.
Data storage and back-up need to be considered in line with a business plan with the current needs and future goals in mind. If you plan to outsource storage you should consider how will you manage it, how will that impact your IT systems, how confident can you be that your data will be backed up regularly and remain secure from intrusion or corruption.
If you are backing-up in house it’s important to nominate someone to take responsibility for doing the daily back-up, checking and changing the tapes and disks, as well as storing them off site each evening. Back-ups are typically made of certain files and folders. However, if staff do not use these folders then data will be lost, so a methodology needs to be put in place and checked regularly.
