Backup & Disaster Recovery
Backup and Disaster Recovery for Bay Area Businesses
With proper backup and disaster recovery, a failed drive, a ransomware attack or a stolen laptop is a bad day, not the end of your business.
Quick answer
Backup and disaster recovery means keeping copies of your data in more than one place and having a tested plan to restore it. Fasthuma IT sets up local and cloud backups, monitors them every day and tests restores, so your files come back when you need them.
Why backup and disaster recovery matters
Most businesses have some kind of backup. Far fewer have checked whether it works. It is common for a backup to stop silently, or to cover only one folder, and nobody notices until a restore is needed. You find out on the worst possible day.
In the Bay Area there is one more reason: earthquakes, fires and power outages. A copy of your data outside your building is not optional.
What we set up and manage
- Local backup to a NAS. Fast restores from a Synology or similar storage device at your office, managed and monitored on any of our plans.
- Cloud backup. A second copy off site, encrypted, so a fire, theft or ransomware attack at the office does not take your backups with it.
- Server and virtual machine backup. Whole-system images so a failed server can be brought back quickly.
- Microsoft 365 backup. Separate copies of email, OneDrive and SharePoint, because deleted data in Microsoft 365 is not kept forever.
- Daily checks and restore tests. We watch every backup job and test restores, so we know the data is really there.
Planning for the worst day
Disaster recovery is the plan for what happens next: which systems come back first, where people work, and how long the business can wait. We help you write that plan down and match the backup design to it.
How backup is priced
Backup is quoted separately because it depends on how much data you have and how quickly you need it back. NAS devices themselves are managed under our Flame, Blaze and Inferno plans.
FAQ
Backup questions
What is the 3-2-1 backup rule?
Keep three copies of your data, on two different types of storage, with one copy off site. A NAS at the office plus an encrypted cloud copy is a simple way to follow it.
Does Microsoft 365 back up my email?
Microsoft keeps your service running, but deleted items and overwritten files are only recoverable for a limited time. A separate Microsoft 365 backup protects against accidental deletion and ransomware.
How often should backups be tested?
Backups should be checked daily and a real restore should be tested regularly. A backup that has never been restored is only a hope.
Ready when you are
Find out if your backups would really work
Book a free, no-obligation consultation by phone, at our Fremont office or at your business. We will review your setup, answer your questions and tell you honestly which plan fits, or whether you need one at all.
