February 12, 2010
O&O DiskImage 5: Security for company data, independent of the hardware
Machine Independent Restore (M.I.R), Universal Restore, Dissimilar Hardware Restore.
O&O DiskImage 5 Server
Same benefit, different names.
Same benefits, different costs.
What M.I.R does is provide you the option to restore your servers to different hardware if it breaks down (i.e Dell to HP).
Often, we look to keep data secure and minimize server downtime by having spare servers and with a backup program.
Now maybe let’s run through a couple of key functions necessary in a backup software for the budding SME.
- Able to backup data
- Able to backup system for restoration
- Able to do differentials/incrementals to save space
- Able to schedule backups for automation
- Imaging without downtime (because administrators have to sleep too!)
- Security of data
- Confidentiality of data
- Virtualization support
- Local, Reliable support
- Affordable Price
Let’s see how O&O matches up.
- Able to backup data – obviously
- Able to backup system for restoration – Yea
- Able to do differentials/incrementals to save space – uh-huh
- Able to schedule backups for automation – Job assistant
- Imaging without downtime (because administrators have to sleep too!) – Live Imaging, Check!
- Network management – Install, manage and reporting. Check! Check! Check!
- Security of data – Checksums and Validation Pre and Post jobs
- Confidentiality of data – Encryption
- Virtualization support – Convert to and from virtual hard disks (VHD) to physical
- Local, Reliable support – That’s us!
- Affordable Price – Definitely!
So, what’s affordable really?
Consider purchasing backup software for a server that comes with M.I.R. from other vendors
Company A: Priced between 40% more(if you’re willing to sacrifice some functions) to more than 400% the price of O&O DiskImage
Company S: Priced between 150% to 250% of O&O price
Sure you say, there are differences between the products, that’s why the price is different.
And of course, as mentioned earlier, if you’re a local SME and looking for a simple backup solution, do you really need all the bells and whistles and also the hefty pricetag?
Not convinced? Need more support? Call us or drop us a line at marketing@qcomgroup.com for further discussion.
For more information, read on at http://www.oo-asia.com/news/idx_news.php?news=20100202.htm and http://www.oo-asia.com/oodiskimage/oodiskimage_svr_ent.php
