With the much-publicised targeting of UK schools by cyber-criminals, it is more important than ever that schools have adequate protection for their data.
Redstor helps radically reduce the impact of security incidents, data breaches and hardware failure.
There is no need to wait for a full recovery. At the click of a button, Redstor gets schools up and running within seconds, not days. Simon said: “We can recover a folder of files within seconds. I would say getting data back is almost instantaneous - it is that quick.
“With InstantData, it is as if you are on Windows. You can get to the remote console from within our dashboard and recover as if you are sitting on a server, so that just makes it easier. “You just pick up a folder and move it to where you want it to be and it reappears. It works seamlessly. “That works well for everybody. The school is not inconvenienced for any length of time and we look good off the back of it because they appreciate a rapid recovery of data. “Redstor enables me to sleep at night, because I know how painful it can be if a backup hasn’t worked.”
Simon added: “We have used Redstor to recover servers when they have died. We have reinstalled the files and databases and also when schools have been a bit over-zealous and inadvertently deleted individual files.
“We don’t do full metal recovery. We find that’s not necessary at the moment because it would add an additional overhead to the cost of storage. “We have said to schools ‘Would you not rather have a lower price to recover the data you actually need very quickly?’ We find it works well that way.” “Redstor provides a service where they will put the data on to a hard drive and ship it to us, but we’ve always been able to recover data within our Service Level Agreements without having to do that. However, I know that is a service that is there should we ever need it.”
Bucks County Council’s long association with Redstor speaks volumes for the reliability and performance of the solution, insists Simon.
He said: “I would definitely recommend Redstor. I think the fact that we have been using Redstor for such a long time shows our commitment to the service - and the best thing I can say is that we have never thought about going elsewhere.”
Deployed and configured in 15 minutes, Redstor enables the IT team to manage by exception and easily evidence compliance.
Each backup session is recorded and daily reports are emailed automatically. If a backup is missed, or failed the team receive an email to let them know.
Simon said: “I have seen what happens when things have gone wrong. The stress it can cause within the team is just not worth it.
“I get one of my colleagues to just go through every school and check the backup configuration to make sure that what is being backed up is correct. You need to have something you can rely on.
"Previous to working in the council I did 25 years in the finance industry and worked with a vast range of backup processes. “I didn’t know about Redstor then, but I would say it is the most straightforward of them all and can be relied on totally.”
