{"id":2598,"date":"2012-04-03T14:08:13","date_gmt":"2012-04-03T18:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/?page_id=2598"},"modified":"2019-10-28T10:28:48","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T14:28:48","slug":"backup","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/infosec\/backup\/","title":{"rendered":"Backup &amp; Restore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Overview<\/th>\n<td>BUMC IT offers backup \/restore services for disaster recovery purposes to the following server platforms : Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Microsoft\u00a0Windows Server 2003, Microsoft\u00a0Windows Server 2008 (R2), and a variety of flavors of UNIX and Linux.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Available To<\/th>\n<td>Any BUMC server that stores University-related data.\u00a0 (Note that backup of client-based computers falls under the University&#8217;s CrashPlan service.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Benefits<\/th>\n<td>Backup services provide secured, disaster data protection.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Key Features<\/th>\n<td>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Security: All data are encrypted throughout the entire backup process.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Redundancy: All data are staged to disk and then sent to tape.\u00a0 Tapes are then sent offsite.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Multiple copies of backed-up data maintained.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Support for multiple operating system platforms<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Support for application-consistent backups of SQL Server, Oracle, SharePoint, for an additional cost.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Requirements<\/th>\n<td>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Server must be on the campus network<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Server should have at least a 100Mb connection for optimal performance<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Backup services are only reasonably viable for data less than several terabytes.\u00a0 Beyond that, traditional backup is impractical.\u00a0\u00a0 (Contact the <a title=\"Contact BUMC IT\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/support\/contact\/\">BUMC IT Service Desk<\/a> for alternatives.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Cost<\/th>\n<td>No costs for general file system backup.\u00a0 Application-aware backup s will incur a nominal one-time licensing cost.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Getting Started<\/th>\n<td>Contact the\u00a0<a title=\"Contact BUMC IT\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/support\/contact\/\">Service Desk<\/a> for more information.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal;\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview BUMC IT offers backup \/restore services for disaster recovery purposes to the following server platforms : Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Microsoft\u00a0Windows Server 2003, Microsoft\u00a0Windows Server 2008 (R2), and a variety of flavors of UNIX and Linux. Available To Any BUMC server that stores University-related data.\u00a0 (Note that backup of client-based computers falls under the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5559,"featured_media":0,"parent":27,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2598"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5559"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2598"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10177,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2598\/revisions\/10177"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}