SAFE™ Managed Backup | Case Study

When the Norbert Garbe Agency of Huntington Station, Long Island made a commitment to move to a paperless office, principal Norbert Garbe turned to Stafford Associates Computer Specialists, Inc. and the SAFE™ Online Backup service to protect vital documents and records.

Increased Reliability and Security
The Garbe Agency wanted a solution that would provide remote management capabilities and easy access to archived assets. The agency also sought an automated backup and recovery process that was more reliable than the conventional tape-based backup system that Garbe was considering.

“After doing some research on the SAFE offering and a thorough review of our requirements, my staff and I felt that the SAFE™ Online Backup solution provided a higher degree of reliability than we had at the time. Just as important, the SAFE™ backup strategy reduced our need for dedicated IT resources while helping us fill some gaps in our disaster recovery and contingency plan,” said Garbe.

Protecting Critical Business Assets in Multiple Locations
Stafford Associates Computer Specialists, Inc. installed SAFE™ on Garbe’s main file server, which houses records from all Garbe Agency locations. Garbe immediately realized the benefit of managing the entire backup and recovery process from any computer with a connection to the Internet.

Garbe adds, “The point-and-click ease of use that SAFE™ Online Backup Manager provides really makes it easy for me to control the scheduling and restoration of backups. Now that we’ve been using the service, I’ve really come to appreciate the flexibility and security that SAFE™ provides. It’s exactly what we needed.”

Highest Level of Data Encryption
Garbe was particularly impressed with the level of data encryption provided by SAFE™. All data are encrypted using Twofish, Triple DES, or Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) and verified before being sent to the SAFE™ Online Backup Server. The client holds the encryption key, which ensures that archived data will not viewed by anyone else.

In-File Delta Technology
If desired, SAFE™ will backup only the changes to files on selected hard drives once a full backup has been performed. This is made possible by “in-file delta technology”, an advanced data block matching algorithm which has the intelligence to pick up changes of file content between two files and use the delta information between the two files to rebuild one file from the other.

Using this algorithm, fast and efficient archiving of large files is made possible because it requires only the changes of information since the last backup (or last incremental backup) be sent to the SAFE™ Online Backup Server.

Conclusion
With the help of Stafford Associates Computer Specialists, Inc. SAFE™ Online Backup Manager Service, the Norbert Garbe Agency has successfully automated the backup and restoration process for all digital assets of its paperless offices. In addition, as the agency grows, SAFE™ will provide the scalability, protection, and business continuity the agency needs to stay competitive and safe.

 “The point-and-click ease of use that SAFE™ Online Backup Manager provides really makes it easy for me to control the scheduling and restoration of backups.

“I’ve really come to appreciate the flexibility and security that SAFE™ provides. It’s exactly what we needed.