Introducing our Acronis / RAID Web Server

Posted by Chris on Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 at 1:38 pm

Despite being busier than ever at Jigowatt HQ we thought we’d sneak in some time to introduce our new Acronis / RAID server setup (we don’t expect that to mean anything until you’ve read a little more).

We’ve added yet another dedicated server to our already gluttenous collection; what better time to let you all know the workings, secrets and latest new features of our server range.

Acronis

Acronis is a comprehensive backup solution which also minimises downtime to meet our strict Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs).

But what does it do you may ask..?

It allows us to operate automated incremental nightly backups of new/modified files and data across all of our hosted websites. With each and every-one of our dedicated servers running Acronis we can now offer a further outstanding hosting service to all our clients, giving peace of mind and hands-free operation to all.

With that said, we thought we’d go that one step further, we’ve customised Acronis to run a weekly server-wide backups too! This means we not only have previous days workings and changes, we have entire week backups which are securely stored off-site.

How does this benefit the client?

Ever lost a picture, removed an order accidentally or even deleted a page? In the past this may have caused headaches and disruption, with Acronis incremental backups you need not worry, individual files through to entire databases can be recovered and restored quickly and easily.

RAID

RAID is a technology that allows computer users to achieve high levels of storage reliability via the technique of arranging the devices into arrays for redundancy.

In a slightly less tech-savvy explanation, having a RAID configured server means that hardware reliability is no longer an area of worry, as with everything, computer parts have a life expectancy, if you’ve ever had a Hard Drive fail you’ll already know this can be detrimental to every-day business and can sometimes lead to permanent data loss.

For example, RAID arranges files in such a way that if 1 out of 2 Hard Drives fails, data stored on the working Hard Drive can be used to restore the other quickly and easily vice-versa. This simply means, no data is ever at the mercy of hardware failure.

All of our dedicated servers are configured with RAID as standard.

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