Schools Offsite Backup and Disaster Recovery Policy Solutions
Secure Remote Backup for Schools and Disaster Recovery Plans
Cloud Backup for Schools in the UK
Classroom365 Offsite Data Backup Solutions for Schools
What is the Best Online Backup for Schools Service?
Secure Remote Backup for schools by Classroom365 is a simple and effective system to backup all your school’s data on a nightly schedule. It is fast, encrypted, and reliable, with minimal end-user interaction. Ideal for onsite Windows or macOS servers, there is a monthly or yearly fixed cost for the amount of data you need backing up. This could be a “shared drive” or an entire server “snapshot”, in which the cloud backup software takes an image of your server and backs it up offsite.
This is the perfect solution to minimise network downtime if the unthinkable happens. The network can be restored quickly as it was, and the school is back up and running with minimal downtime.
Currently, data is at risk from deletion, viruses and ransomware. Servers are at risk from hard drive failure, fire, water, and theft. The ideal cloud backup solution is an offsite nightly backup to our storage platform and for the data seamlessly replicated to the other remote data centres for extra security and peace of mind.
Classroom 365 uses the industry-standard Redstor software platform, a leading cloud backup for schools provider. It backs up millions of files daily for thousands of schools and businesses across the UK and is fully compliant with the Data Protection Act 2018.
Is an online data backup for schools necessary?
We have done audits for new school clients and found no backups of the school’s network. We have also found staff are putting a backup tape into a server and taking it home the next day. But… the backup tapes are empty! Nothing is being written to the tapes.
The Secure Remote Backup service from Classroom365 is fully automated and removes the possibility of hardware failure. It is easy to check by your ICT technician, and they should do this on each site visit. We are alerted to any unlikely problems remotely and can either take action ourselves or inform you and provide advice. It’s part of our managed backup service when you set up a new account with us.
Security for Remote Backup Services for Schools
Offsite backup for schools – installation and security?
Our online school backup service uses 256-bit AES encryption with your chosen encryption key. The process is as follows:
- We can install the software for you via remote access, or your IT support technician can do it if they are comfortable doing so. It is straightforward, and we will guide you.
- Once the software is installed, passwords and encryption key set, the files are selected, and the fully automated daily backup routine implemented. Typically 8:00 pm is ideal, reducing impact on the school’s network.
- The initial cloud backup is big, so it should be scheduled for a Friday night. After the first successful backup, subsequent backups are incremental, so they only backup the files that have changed over the day, and this usually takes only a few hours, depending on how many files have changed.
- The compressed, encrypted data is sent securely to the first remote data centre. Once complete, the data held is replicated from the first to the second remote data centre. The school backup process and remote data centres are displayed in the graphic above.
- An automated email with the secure backup report can be emailed to you once the job has been completed if required.
Online Backup Services – Complete Peace of Mind
Cloud backup for schools – technical information
- The system requirements are an internet connection and around 5Gb storage space for the installation files and processing. If the connection drops at any time, don’t worry, as the online backup will reconnect when the internet is re-established.
- Windows (Server and Desktop), macOS and Linux operating systems are supported.
- The remote backup service uses 256-bit AES encryption and data compression as standard.
- Offsite backup is compatible with existing onsite backup software such as Windows Backup and Acronis.
- Data reduction technology means unique blocks are transmitted to the remote data centres, thereby saving valuable bandwidth.
- If a previous backup is required, the software console allows to go back a minimum of thirty days, with a rollup from the last two ends of month also available for restoring data.
- Full system snapshots or complete Virtual Machine (VM) backups are our preferred configuration, ensuring data integrity and ease of restoring the system in a disaster recovery scenario.
- Fully compliant with the Data Protection Act 2018 and GDPR.