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Disaster Recovery & Tape Automation:
The Key to Removing Business Risk Through Reliable Disaster Recovery

Without question, carefully planned and executed backup procedures are critical to every business. Data loss can mean the loss of accounts receivable, pending sales, and customer loyalty. As evidence of data loss devastation, 90% of all companies that experience data loss because of disaster are out of business within two years, and nearly 50% never reopen their doors at all(1).

In addition to the importance of data protection to ensure business preservation, recent corporate misbehavior has led the government to require the protection and retention of detailed business records. Over 10,000 state and federal regulations deal with the retention of records(2), across almost every industry.

Yet, despite the consequences of a poor backup strategy, surveys reveal disturbing statistics about data restoration events. The Gartner Group reports that 40 to 50% of all backups are not recoverable in full, and that 60% of all backups fail in general(3). Even in large enterprise data centers, nearly one quarter of respondents report that 20% or more of their tape-based recoveries fail(4).

SKL Services will eliminate the daily insertion and removal of backup tapes by suppling the tapes and employee to montior swap and store your tapes in an off-site vault. Although standard in large scale IT operations and data centers, tape automation systems are uncommon in small to medium-sized businesses. A 2004 Exabyte survey reveals that 70% of small to medium-sized businesses recognize the need for a tape automation system but forgo implementation because it is cost prohibitive.

Exabyte Product Tour VXA320 Tour Magnum 1X7 2U

SKL Services has partnered with Exabyte the recognized value-leader in tape storage solutions for servers, workstations, LANs and SANs. Its tape drives and automation products are rugged, robust and reliable solutions. SKL is proud to be able to bring these features to our customers.