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Overview
Features & Benefits
What is Tape Back-up?
Tape Back-up is a scalable data back-up service developed for business applications and housed in the Vodacom Data Centre.
This fully-managed service writes your data - including files and databases - to a readable, writable magnetic tape drive for future retrieval.
It also stores your data virtually for seven days so it can be restored easily in case of loss or system failures.
Why should I get Tape Back-up?
Much higher speed than a dial-up modem
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Saves time and effort
We manage the service for you so you don’t have to store data on your premises or maintain it in anyway.
Offers extra security
Along with a secure data storage facility, you can also choose to have drive-based encryption on your data back-up.
Scalable
You can scale your solution to match your changing business needs without any downtime.
Convenient
The service consolidates and saves data from all your applications in a single system, making retrieval easy.
One seamless, secure network across your organisation
Seamlessly integrate all your networking solutions, including inter-branch connectivity and voice services as well as access to hosted services and applications in the Vodacom Data Centre
Get total network connectivity on one integrated platform
Empower your business via controlle access
Interact with suppliers, customers and peers in a private environment
Provide selected stakeholders with secure access to your network applications
Improve your business operations to offer better service and satisfaction to your customers
Prioritise your traffic
Use the VPN network to handle and distinguish between high-priority traffic and less time-sensitive traffic
Prioritise applications such as voice and multimedia, stock data updates and regular bulk data backup based on the importance
Fast deployment
Save time for your business with rapid provisioning and deployment of VPN
Data security
Get the best protection for your data through
Full proactive monitoring and surveillance of your network
Powerful security features
Guaranteed and reliable service
Get reliable and assured service backed by comprehensive SLAs (Service Level Agreements)
Choice of speeds based on your business needs
Choose bandwidth speeds that match your business requirement
Select the most suitable service class and performance level for data, voice and video applications
Global reach
Get worldwide coverage and global networking power with our robust infrastructure
Collaborate remotely all over the world, without having to worry about security
Reduced costs
Save on infrastructure expenses
Collaborate cost-effectively between remote sites through seamless business continuity
Free up human resources
Enhanced network control
Experience proactive reporting and management to enhances your networking control
Get fully manageable connectivity between your business branches and sites
How much does Tape Back-up cost?
The cost of this service depends on your business requirements
One seamless, secure network across your organisation
Seamlessly integrate all your networking solutions, including inter-branch connectivity and voice services as well as access to hosted services and applications in the Vodacom Data Centre
Get total network connectivity on one integrated platform
Empower your business via controlle access
Interact with suppliers, customers and peers in a private environment
Provide selected stakeholders with secure access to your network applications
Improve your business operations to offer better service and satisfaction to your customers
Prioritise your traffic
Use the VPN network to handle and distinguish between high-priority traffic and less time-sensitive traffic
Prioritise applications such as voice and multimedia, stock data updates and regular bulk data backup based on the importance
Fast deployment
Save time for your business with rapid provisioning and deployment of VPN
Data security
Get the best protection for your data through
Full proactive monitoring and surveillance of your network
Powerful security features
Guaranteed and reliable service
Get reliable and assured service backed by comprehensive SLAs (Service Level Agreements)
Choice of speeds based on your business needs
Choose bandwidth speeds that match your business requirement
Select the most suitable service class and performance level for data, voice and video applications
Global reach
Get worldwide coverage and global networking power with our robust infrastructure
Collaborate remotely all over the world, without having to worry about security
Reduced costs
Save on infrastructure expenses
Collaborate cost-effectively between remote sites through seamless business continuity
Free up human resources
Enhanced network control
Experience proactive reporting and management to enhances your networking control
Get fully manageable connectivity between your business branches and sites
Cost-effective and quick
Tape is a relatively inexpensive medium that offers unlimited storage capacity
The cost of storage is also relatively less than that for other back-up storage media
The solution enables critical data to be backed up quickly
Saves time and effort
As a Tape Back-up customer, you can back up your data to tape automatically on a predefined schedule:
Daily - with an incremental virtual tape library back-up, which can be accessed virtually for seven days
Weekly and monthly – with full tape back-ups that are shipped for off-site storage
You can also trigger data back-up manually at a time of your choice
Offers extra security
Once backed up, your data is stored in the Vodacom Data Centre.
It’s a 1000m² facility built specifically to provide the latest in data storage security and reliability
Has multiple power generators with a 50 000-litre reserve fuel supply, advanced climate control, parallel redundant UPS systems, emergency shutdown systems and advanced fire control systems with early sensing devices
Uses biometrics, double-access doors, photographic identification and camera technology to ensure that your data is accessible exclusively to users specified by you
Has a redundant power supply guaranteed by uninterruptible power supply systems with battery back-up
Scalable
The Tape Back-up solution is compatible with Windows, UNIX, Redhat Linux and SUSE Linux servers. It provides:
A Virtual Tape Library (VTL)
A Tape Library
LT04 Media – backward compatible down to LT02
Please note:
In the event of a disaster, you will be able to restore seven days’ worth of data directly from the Virtual Tape Back-up library.
Data older than seven days can be recovered from physical tapes; the restoration time depending on data size.
