Dedicated server backup service

An centralised backup service is run by Anchor that allows your server to be backed up on a daily basis (including offsite tape rotation) without the cost of purchasing and operating backup drives and tape libraries.

The service operates from a large online drive array. The entire drive array is backed up to tape on a daily basis with tapes rotated offsite.

Download more information and technical specifications for the Anchor backup services.

Why use the backup service?

You get the peace of mind that comes with knowing your data is safe. The backup service provides a full backup of your server every day. This ensures that in the event of hardware failure, accidental deletion, file corruption or catastrophic events such as fire in the data centre your data is protected.

This a completely managed service. Anchor installs and configures an Amanda client on your managed server to run your backups.

This solution is incredibly cost effective when compared to the costs associated with dedicated backup solutions. You don't need to worry about ensuring your backups work each day or installing and running backup applications.

The backup service is flexible and scalable. You pay only for the volume of data you backup. If your requirements are rapidly changing or you're starting off small but know you are going to grow, our backup solution is perfect for you.

How it works

We operate a large drive array running RAID (additional drives for redundancy protecting against data loss in the event of individual drive failure) for you to store your data on. This drive array operates on an independent internal network (not accessible via the Internet) to ensure security and performance. The backup service is monitored 24 x 7.

A client program is installed on your server that moves all data to be backed up onto the backup server each day.

There is an allocated backup window in the early hours of the morning when your server will copy all required data to the backup service. During the day the contents of the drive array is copied on to tape.

Tape Rotation scheme

The tape rotation scheme is designed to provide a reliable means of recovering from a disaster situation (eg both hard drives in a server fail simultaneously, the server is destroyed, large volumes of data are lost through accidental deletion or malicious activity). It is not designed to provide a high level of incremental backups for frequent changes to client code or applications.

Local backup or revision control systems should always be used to provide a backup of code sources for hosted applications.

The tape rotation scheme is an incremenatl backup (over written weekly) Monday to Friday. A full backup is taken once per week on a day scheduled by the backup server. Tapes are rotated Monday-Friday. Tape changes do not occur on weekends and public holidays.

In the event that you do lose data the backup service can provide you a full restoration for up to 1 week.

Service pricing?

Backups are charged based on 1GB increments/day up to 5GB. For 5GB or more of data backups are charged based on 10GB increments.

The setup fee includes cabling of the additional network connection and configuration of the client program on your server.

In the event that you require data to recovered from tape, charges apply.

Please refer to the dedicated server price guide for setup and ongoing charges.