Offsite Backup Tape Storage

SDS understand that there is nothing more vital to an organisation's continuity than its data. If data is lost in a fire, flood, or other emergency, it could affect the very survival of your business. Setting up a Disaster Recovery Plan is therefore of utmost importance.

Two major aspects of this plan should be:

• the backup of data onto tapes or disks
• the secure offsite storage of backup tapes and disks

Your data can then be easily recovered in the event of an emergency.

Backup tape collection

Whatever your requirements, SDS offer a daily or weekly collection and delivery service for backup tapes, in the Nottingham, Derby and Leicester areas. We appreciate the need to get backup tapes offsite as quickly as possible.

Each tape is individually bar-coded, and items are scanned at various points throughout the process: as they are handled from their location, as they enter the secure loading area, as they are loaded onto the delivery vehicle.

Our drivers are fully vetted and CRB checked, and will issue till-roll delivery and collection receipts. A full audit trail for each item is maintained, meaning you can track your items at any time.

SDS also offer a web-based ordering and inventory managment service for your backup tapes. Our courier service operates in the Nottingham, Derby and Leicester areas, and is available 24/7 to suit your schedule.

Features of our secure storage vault

SDS operates a secure media storage vault, located in Nottingham, which is dedicated to storing backup tapes and disks.

Our secure storage vault:

• is fire and flood resistant
• has fire and burglar alarms linked via Red Care to police and fire stations
• has 24h operational camera surveillance
• is temperature and humidity controlled
• has a push-entry system
• is accessible only to our fully vetted, CRB checked staff.

For more information about offsite backup tape storage, or to request a quote, contact us on 0845 330 233.