Ready in the clouds: Large companies are wary of other companies eager to

Backing up data in the cloud, such as the cloud backup service provided by Carbonit and VMware, can provide users with their own storage space and may become one of the most common business applications. It is not surprising that people are accustomed to backing up personal sensitive data to the cloud, so they want to back up the business data to the cloud.

Cloud backup services are easy to use, but security is still worrying

"Cloud Backup is no longer a costly and difficult hurdle," Storageio analyst Greg Schulz, "The service's Access tool interface is simple and easy to use." ”

Because of the efficiency of cost utilization and good scalability, the use of cloud backup is also a wise choice for the enterprise that has already implemented the backup. Schulz added: "It depends on the exact needs of the organization, and I think the business trend is that cloud backup will be a complement to traditional backup, and both will coexist." ”

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One example is that Marco Ciappelli uses the file-sharing services provided by Dropbox company as a backup solution for its own enterprise (Arcanorum Labs). Ciappelli is the founder and development director of the company. The company is committed to web design, social relations and corporate image development business.

"I'm programming with five designers, and we often need to share files, so it's appropriate to back up and archive them," Ciappelli said. However, Ciappelli said he was considering another cloud service after a recent security issue, which should be data loss.

Ciappelli said the French company Ftopia SAS provides an alternative service that can record any changes in the file. Ftopia allows authorized users to upload, access, and update files, and to manage multiple versions of a file. The company claims to be able to record any changes to the saved files and to allow the user to recover a version of the file from any previous point in time. According to Ftopia, the service also provides a file archiving option that locks files to prevent subsequent changes to the file.

Application of cloud Backup in universities and hospitals

At the same time, some of the larger companies have turned to cloud backup. Bryan Harold, head of information technology at the University of Texas, said that data from about 25% agencies had been backed up by services. This service is an example of an implementation of the Code 42 software company's Crashplanpro service.

"I may need to invest at least 2 to 3 72TB of facilities in the data center to support them." "he said.

According to Harold, Crashplanpro can achieve a high degree of automation. The version they use allows private cloud deployments to be completed on their own network architecture.

We've evaluated many backup service providers--easy-to-use and easy deployment is very important to us. Crashpan does this and also provides duplicate data deletion, which can make our private cloud more efficient. We manage a lot of data that needs to be enforced, so any solution has to have good security control capabilities.

Another organization that implements cloud backup is Insight Tiyatien, which manages a large number of medical radiological images. "Using cloud Backup starts with the introduction of VMware," said Tiyatien, executive vice president and Cio,don Hankus of Insight Inc. For Hankus, now that virtualization has brought the benefits of consolidation, efficiency, and resilience, he has begun to consider other ways to take full advantage of the existing infrastructure. So he decided to try Broadbandone the company's Host.net Cloud backup service, which was structured in a way that DataCore software company's Sansymphony storage virtualization software.

We are in the early stages of the validation concept, which will take months to determine if we want to continue. Hankus explained. Next, "We will monitor and measure services around performance, resilience and security," he said.

Ian Sanderson, vice president of LOGiQ3 Life, said the company has been backing up in the cloud for two years.

"When we started cloud backup, we didn't have the money to build our IT infrastructure, so we looked everywhere for solutions to laptops, desktops and mobile devices," he said. Finally, he used the services of E-temnity business continuity Consulting, which was built on the cloud backup software of Asigra company.

Sanderson said they had two data recoveries since they started using cloud Backup in 2009. These restores expose a lack of backup in the cloud: attempts to recover data quickly over the Internet can only lead to more errors. "Recovery is a bit slow, so in one recovery we paid for the media delivery service and the recovery was faster." "he said.

For Sanderson, it is important that the data on each device is backed up regularly, providing the necessary data recovery possibilities.

Recoverability remains the primary consideration for cloud backup users

However, the complexity of the recovery is deeply troubling the ceo,silverman of New York's computer help company. The New York Company provides users with technical services for IT security, backup and data recovery. Silverman says the recovery process is the Achilles heel of cloud backup.

"This is a good plan for a company with only a small amount of data," he said.

He cited an example of a thriving restaurant that was hit by a lightning strike that caused the server to crash. "Fortunately, restaurant databases, menus, and business information are stored in the cloud," he said. Unfortunately, it takes more than three days to recover this information.

Silverman says many business customers don't realize that the recovery process takes so long. "A better solution is to deploy a NAS server on the client side to save the file. The files are then backed up from the NAS server to the cloud for disaster recovery purposes. ”

Another trouble with cloud backup, according to Silverman, is the integrity of file recovery.

Some small users receive incorrect Word documents from the cloud. This is because, for security reasons, the document is encrypted in the cloud and is not fully decrypted when it is restored.

Senior analyst at the Gartner Inc. Burton Group said he found that corporate customers he contacted had limited interest in cloud backup.

While cloud concepts are increasingly appealing, as a counter example, most large organizations are choosing to build this capability internally.

"They always want things to be manageable. "he added.

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(Responsible editor: Lu Guang)