This is an opportunity to pitch your customers one of the easiest ways of getting into the cloud and the fastest, most affordable backup option: Azure Backup
What can your clients back up with Azure Backup?
Azure Backup lets them back up anything an on-premises backup server can handle, so files, folders, entire servers, virtual machines,
SQL databases,
Azure File Shares,
SAP HANA databases, and more
Is ASR or DR best for my client's business?
It depends on what the client's obectives are. If having copies of important data is vital, then a DR strategy works best. If they need to protect an entire site like a branch office from going down, then an ASR strategy is for them.
Good, as having on-premises backups that are backed up to the cloud is the best approach, offering a good balance between cost, redundancy, and speed of recovery
Is ASR or DR best for my client's business?
It depends on what the client's obectives are. If having copies of important data is vital, then a DR strategy works best. If they need to protect an entire site like a branch office from going down, then an ASR strategy is for them.
On-premises backups and restores are fast, but they lose out on the redundancy and physical security offered by the cloud
Azure integrates with many popular third-party backup software solutions, like Veeam, Acronis, and Rubrik
Is ASR or DR best for my client's business?
It depends on what the client's obectives are. If having copies of important data is vital, then a DR strategy works best. If they need to protect an entire site like a branch office from going down, then an ASR strategy is for them.
Backups in the cloud are 99.9% reliable and restores are very fast, however the speed of getting data into the cloud is dependent on your customer's internet connection
How fast?
A 1TB virtual machine hosted in the cloud can be restored in 60 seconds
Microsoft can supply your clients with a "Data Box" with enough hard drives for all of their data. After copying that data to these drives, the Data Box is collected and loaded into the Azure datacentre of their choice
Is ASR or DR best for my client's business?
It depends on what the client's obectives are. If having copies of important data is vital, then a DR strategy works best. If they need to protect an entire site like a branch office from going down, then an ASR strategy is for them.
Your clients can upload their data over the internet but the speed this happens at is dependent on their connection's upload speed
Is ASR or DR best for my client's business?
It depends on what the client's obectives are. If having copies of important data is vital, then a DR strategy works best. If they need to protect an entire site like a branch office from going down, then an ASR strategy is for them.