Overview
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1. Sign up for an
account.
Create a Plexus Backup user account which
will allow you to download Plexus Backup software. Its quick, easy
and our step-by-step instructions will guide you through the
process.
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2. Download and install
software.
Plexus Backup downloads in just seconds,
and the installation is simple and fast.
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3. Select files to be backed
up.
Simply check the boxes next to the backup
sets, or types of files you want to back up, and Plexus Backup does
the rest. In addition to selecting files by backup sets, you also
have the option of selecting specific files and
directories.
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Plexus Backups work basically like regular tape backups, with one
important difference. Instead of sending backups to a tape drive or
other media attached to the computer it is backing up, a Plexus
Backup sends it over regular telephone lines to Intersites'
protected and totally secure backup servers safely off-site. It
does this (usually) at night while the business is closed and
nobody is using the computers. It's completely automatic.
Backups are done on schedule, every night. Most businesses don't
do this. For one reason or another, they don't keep a regular
backup regime. Usually it's because the person responsible for
doing backups (if there is one) is too busy doing something else,
or someone is using the computer when it's time for a backup, or
they simply forget. Since Plexus Backups are done with automated
software at night, when nobody is using the computer, backups are
always done on schedule.
The correct files are backed up. Ordinary backup software is
often installed with a list of files to be backed up. This set of
files usually represents the state of the system when the software
was installed, and often misses critical files. Furthermore, it
often fails to back up files that are added later. Compounding this
problem, VERY few businesses take the trouble to reset their backup
software regularly to include new files. Plexus Backups solve this
problem with a sophisticated system that constantly re-evaluates
each client's system, adding files to the backup as needed.
Redundant copies of files are stored using a sophisticated
version control system unavailable in any other backup software of
any kind. This is much too important to overlook. The general
definition of "proper" backups requires
redundancy. That is, one must keep multiple copies of the same
files at different points in their development, called
versions. For example, you should have a different copy of
each backed-up file for each day of the week, one for each week in
the month, and one for each month in the year. Furthermore, you
should be able to easily restore any of your files up to any given
point in time. Banks do it, big corporations do it, and so should
small businesses. Only Plexus Backup has such an easy to use
version control system.
Backups are encrypted for complete security. Would you want
someone to be able to slip one of your backup tapes into a pocket
and take it to your competitor? It happens all the time. Tape
backups are not generally encrypted, so anyone can read them and
gain access to your client database, accounts data, payroll, tax
info, and everything else on your computer. Plexus Online Backup
system encrypts its backups for complete security so nobody, not
even Plexus Backup staff, can read them, except the client
himself.
Finally and most importantly - Backups are immediately sent
off-site and stored safely away from the computer and the business.
This is where almost every business makes its biggest mistake. Even
if you do everything else perfectly, your backups are of little use
if your building burns, or you are unable to physically recover
your tapes from the premises. Most small companies who do backups
leave the tapes in the building with the computer, where they can
be destroyed right along with the computer. Of course, you can see
that this would be a problem in a fire or a flood.
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