QuickhostUK – New VPS Upgrades Available – Continuous Data Protection (CDP)

quickhostuk

We are pleased to announce the integration of R1Soft Continuous Data Protection (CDP) into our VPS platform. We are now able to backup ALL your data to a secure off-site location every hour and maintain 56 versions going back 2 weeks!

What is CDP (Continuous Data Protection) Technology?

Like traditional backups, our technology starts by taking a full snapshot of your data. But that’s where the similarities end. After the initial replica is created, Our Server Backup Manager continuously monitors changes to your data and saves only those bits of information that have changes. Since you’re not constantly running full, performance-killing backups, your system’s I/O operations aren’t taxed in any way, keeping those critical resources free to serve your server’s needs.

CDP in detail –

Backups are done at the data block level bypassing the file system and reading data directly from the disk or volume. Block-level backup provides advantages over traditional file backup technologies including the speed of completing a backup operation, a drastic reduction in disk and network I/O, the ability to perform backups as often as every 15 minutes and no performance penalty for servers having a large number of files.

Flexible Data Recovery –

Individual recovery points are easily accessible through the web interface where users can select individual files, directories or entire file systems to be restored within minutes. When disaster really strikes, a complete server can be recovered using a Bare Metal Restore, keeping downtime and data loss to a minimum.

cPanel Users:

quickhostuk-control-panel

Standard Web Interface Users:

quickhostuk-control-panel

Self-Service MySQL Restore

cPanel users currently have the ability to restore files and directories as a self-service feature from their Control Panel and are able to restore their MySQL database as a self-service whenever the need arises.

AES-256 Encryption

AES-256 Disk Safe Encryption is used on all Disk Safes for backup data. This aids in the protection of data stored in the backup server, and in protection of the data over the network.

How do I get it?

If you are a QuickHostUK Fully Managed Hosting customer you will have already noticed a new link in your server admin area called “R1Soft Restore Backups”. Your data is already being backup up 4x daily.

Services < My Services < Select Service < Upgrade/Downgrade Options

Alternately please open a support ticket where we will be happy to advise you further.

NOTE: Once you have enabled Continuous Data Protection (CDP) you will need to open a support ticket to complete the installation and receive your login details.

If you are not a QuickHostUK Fully Managed Hosting customer this option is now available to you also. To take advantage of this on your own server please visit the Upgrade/Downgrade section within your billing area and choose the “R1Soft Continuous Data Protection” option:

–EOF (The Ultimate Computing & Technology Blog) —