Here's How You Can Eliminate
The Downtime (and Headaches) of Tape
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| Have You Struggled with Tape? |
| Have you ever been burned by recovering data from a tape? If so, you are not alone: A recent survey of 200 IT managers (cited in InfoStor, November 2004) indicated that nearly half the respondents experienced a high rate of unsuccessful backups. These failures lead to long downtime and stress -- with tape, you are typically looking at 12 to 18 hours to recover a server, and 15 to 20 minutes per file restoration (which can add up to 3 to 4 hours with 10 to 15 file restorations per month). |
| What about Disk-Based Backup?
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With all the problems with tape, it's no surprise that small businesses and system integrators are considering disk solutions. A recent InfoStor survey indicated that 63.6 percent of respondents are considering purchase of disk-based backup products in the next 12 months. However….
Most of these systems still rely on tape for vital disaster recovery functions of rotation and offsite archival.
Rotation and offsite archiving are needed to protect your data from hazards such as viruses, worms, fires, earthquakes, hurricanes, indoor sprinkler systems, media failures, and other disasters. Tape is still used because hard drives are too fragile to be transported or handled routine (hard drives can be damaged by a 1/4-inch drop). That's why tape continues to survive even though most users hate using it. |
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| We've Designed a Hard Drive that Can Be Rotated and Archived Offsite!
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We've developed a patented three-stage shock protection system for hard drives that provides 1200G to 10,000G of protection (one of models survives repeated drops from 6 feet). With so much durability, you can safely rotate and offsite our portable hard drives safely, like tape. We've developed enterprise chasses or cables to use with these rugged portable drives – you can choose from various solutions based on the size of your business (see right-hand column of this page for more information). |
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Olixir's Solution Versus Tape:
Customer surveys show reported major benefits compared to the customers' prior tape drive systems. Here are typical responses and comparisons:
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Tape Solution |
Olixir's Mobile DataVault
FastRestore SE |
| Restore Time for 100 MB File (Typ) |
15 minutes |
<5 seconds |
| Restore Time for 250 GB Server (Typ) |
12-18 Hours |
<2 hours |
| Media Capacity (native) |
DLT - Max: ~110 GB |
Max: 400 |
| Ability to Rotate & Archive Offsite? |
Yes |
Yes, with Olixir's shock protection |
| Installation Time |
Hours |
Under 30 minutes via plug-and-play USB 2.0 or Firewire. |
| Expandable to Larger Capacity? |
No |
Yes: Infinitely expandable via higher capacity hard drives; daisy-chainable |
Cleaning |
Yes |
No |
Warranty |
1 Year (Typical) |
3 Years |
| Cost |
Most midrange
110 GB tape
drive with 5 tapes:
$3000-$7000 |
Backup-to-portable 180 GB
drive kit: $3299 |
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| Here's a Sample of What Our Customers Say: |
| Olixir introduced our first backup and disaster recovery system in Q4 2003. Since then, we've received many emails expressing high satisfaction by our customers: |
"I can't tell you how many headaches your products have alleviated for us. As far as I'm concerned, there are no other external hard drive solutions that even come close and we have tried several different solutions. I just wish there was a way we could move some of the clients using brand new tape backup solutions that we sold them."
--Jason Ballard, NetSignalz.com, Illinois |
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"I once more would like to tell you all that I'm really pleased and satisfied with the product and the company. I wish every supplier would be so keen to satisfy their customers as you guys are. I will for sure propagate you and your company here.
You do a great job! "
--Beat Shcoll, Secude IT Security, Switzerland
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| Click here to read the full case study |
| FREE Report |
| Click the Free Report link to fill out a form to receive your FREE copy of "Comparison of Tape vs. Disk Solutions". This report compares popular tape drive systems and shows you how Olixir stacks up. |
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| Success Stories |
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| Disk-basked backup system alleviates security company's hassles with tape. Secude IT Security GmbH, a leading global manufacturer of standard IT security software company, stored its huge amounts of data via a DLT tape-based backup system. However, Secude suffered through many frustrations with the system: |
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Backing up data to tape was slow |
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Tape drives often malfunctioned, resulting in server downtime and missed backup |
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The physical size of the tapes took up an enormous amount of space in the company's safe |
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Tape technology was expensive |
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| Desperate for an alternative, Secude purchased Olixir's FastRestore SE system and an additional 15 portable drives for a total of 20 250-GB drives. The result? Secude benefited from: |
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Restore time of files decreased by over 2500%
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Backup time reduced by over 70% from that of tape drives
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Sharp reduction of future investment: “Infinitely expandable” with higher-capacity drives |
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Three-year warranty, compared to the typical one year that most off-the-shelf IT hardware products offer
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| Case Studies and Testimonials |
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| Sample Of Customers Using Olixir Solution for Backup & Disaster Recovery: |
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Dyson |
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Secude IT Security |
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City of San Carlos |
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South Bayside Systems Authority |
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Atlantic Veneer |
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Financial Services Center Cooperative
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Luzenac |
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Secude IT Security |
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And many others in a variety of industries… |
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How to Use Our Backup & Disaster
Recovery Solutions |
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| Pick the scenario that best fits your office: |
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Home or Very Small Office:
Typically: < 250 GB total data (< 10 computers),
Backup Budget: $200-$1000.
Requires really simple, and very cheap backup. |
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Small office:
Typically: 160 GB – 400 GB total data (10-30 computers),
Backup Budget: $2500-$5000
Requires easy-to-use backup, daily or weekly rotation, and offsite Archiving of data. |
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Medium office:
Typically: 400 GB – 2 TB of total data (> 30 computers)
Backup budget: $15000-$100000
Requires speedy “library” backup and offsite archiving of data. |
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| Suggested Products |
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Olixir's Mobile DataVault FastRestore SE Backup & Disaster Recovery System Saves You Time and Money Over Midrange Tape Drives!
Click here for more info |
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Olixir's Mobile DataVault Drives with USB 2.0, Firewire, or SATA cable provide low-cost backup for home/very small offices !
Click here for more info |
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