Backup & Business Continuity
It’s not if. It’s when.
Drives fail, servers die, and ransomware finds its way in. A business with a tested recovery plan loses hours. A business without one can lose everything.
Where every plan starts
How long can the business afford to be down?
The answer sets the plan and the budget. Faster recovery costs more, so BNS matches the protection to what downtime actually costs the business.
| Acceptable downtime | Typical approach | Good fit for |
|---|---|---|
| Minutes | Replicated virtual machines ready to start on standby hardware, plus offsite copies | Medical and dental practices, offices that can’t stop seeing customers |
| A few hours | Local backup repository with instant VM recovery, plus an immutable cloud copy | Most small offices running one or two servers |
| A day or more | Nightly backups to local storage and the cloud, restored onto replacement hardware | Businesses where the work can wait a day |
The rule BNS builds to
3-2-1-1-0
The industry standard for backups that survive hardware failure, disasters, and ransomware.
3copies of the data
2different types of storage
1copy offsite
1copy immutable or offline, out of ransomware’s reach
0errors, confirmed by test restores
What’s included
A plan, not just software
- Onsite backup repositories on NAS or dedicated storage
- Offsite and immutable cloud copies
- Virtual machine replication for fast failover
- Microsoft 365 mailbox backup
- Monitoring of every backup job, with alerts on failures
- Scheduled restore tests, because an untested backup is a guess
Platforms
The right tool for the budget
BNS works across the major backup platforms and picks the one that fits the environment and the budget, rather than forcing every client onto the same product.
- Veeam: the standard for virtualized environments, from a single host to multi-site.
- NAKIVO: strong protection at a lower price. BNS is an authorized NAKIVO reseller.
- MSP360: flexible cloud backup for servers and workstations.
- Datto: a premium all-in-one appliance for businesses that want the most hands-off option.
Find out where your systems stand.
A free IT assessment covers your network, servers, and backups, with a plain-English summary of what needs attention.