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ONLINE BACKUP FEATURES

Offsite SAN helps prevent the loss of critical computer files. Secure backups are performed automatically each night over your existing internet connection. You don't even have to be there!

There is no expensive equipment to purchase or media to store. Just use our point-and-click software to select the file folders you want to archive. Scheduled backups are then performed automatically.

Configuration and Setup
Offsite SAN comes fully configured and ready to use. Once downloaded and installed, all you need to do is define a backup schedule with files and folders you want backed-up.

Multiple computers
It is easy to configure multiple PCs and/or Servers to share one account. The computers do not have to be geographically co-located. You can define separate sub-user accounts and allocate storage for each computer. This enables every computer (sub-user) to have their own login, preferences and configuration - all controlled by and billed to a single administration account.

Backup
Users can define one or more backup sets to be run automatically at one or multiple times each day. Your initial backup will compress, securely encrypt and backup every selected file to our secure data center via 448-bit Blowfish encryption. Subsequent backups are performed incrementally - meaning only the changes made to the files are sent to our server. Incremental backups greatly reduce storage requirements and Internet bandwidth, thus optimizing backup times and server storage space.

Backup File Conditions
	New Files Files added to any backup set folder will automatically be sent to the Offsite SAN Server during the next backup.
	Changed Files Updated files are backed-up using Incremental binary patching. They are compressed, encrypted via secure 448-bit encryption, transferred and archived for 30 days (user configurable up to 27 years).
	Deleted Files When you delete a file on your computer, the file (and it's corresponding versions) remain available on the Offsite SAN Server for 30 days (user configurable up to 27 years).  You can immediately delete a file from the Offsite SAN Server via the Offsite SAN Client user interface.
	Moved Files When you move a file to a different location on your computer, it is treated as a Deleted File in it’s original location and a New File in the new location.
	Open Files Offsite SAN automatically backs up all open, locked and in-use files including those opened for "exclusive access", i.e., Outlook, QuickBooks, RDMS databases, etc.  You'll never have to log out or close a program at backup time again.
	Outlook Small businesses and individuals often use Outlook for email, calendar and contacts. Offsite SAN's Open File Backups make it easy to backup all of your Outlook data. Simply include your Outlook .pst files in one of your backup sets.
	QuickBooks Many businesses utilize QuickBooks to manage their critical financial data. Offsite SAN's Open File Backups make it easy to backup QuickBooks and QuickBooks Pro without having to close the application. Simply include the .qbw (QuickBooks work file) in one of your backup sets.
	System State Simply select System State in any backup set and Offsite SAN will back up your Windows System State (Windows registry, user settings, and Windows system files).
	Sql Server Offsite SAN will automatically detect and backup Live SQL Server at the bit-level - without having to stop the critical services that support your business.
	Exchange Server Offsite SAN users have two great options for Exchange Server backups and restores. For disaster recovery, Offsite SAN is great. Simply select the Exchange server and Offsite SAN is setup to backup and restore Exchange. It efficiently sends only the bit-level changes of the full Exchange store to the backup server. While this method can not restore a single email or folder, you can restore Exchange to another server, extract what you want, then import it into the production server. If you want to be able to restore down to the folder/email level, Offsite SAN's built-in expanded features are for you. Note that while handy, this level of granularity increases setup requirements and backups/restores can be less efficient.
	Active Directory If Active Directory is installed, Offsite SAN will automatically detect it and enable it to be selected for backup.

Local Redundancy
Offsite SAN provides users with a local backup store configurable to any local or network drive. A restore request will intelligently attempt to restore from the local store first. If the file(s) can not be restored from the local store, Offsite SAN will retrieve the file(s) from the Offsite SAN data center. This methodology greatly improves performance, optimizes bandwidth, and provides yet another layer of redundancy protection for your critical data.

Copy to Disk
Offsite SAN supports onsite backups to CD/DVD media. The encrypted media can be safely stored or transported to our Data Center and copied onto the Backup Server to optimize large volume initial online backups.

Versioning
By default, Offsite SAN maintains the last 30 days of file versions on the Offsite SAN server (user configurable up to 27 years).

Purge
Users can configure the Offsite SAN client to automatically purge (delete) any backups on the First Backup server older than "#" days.

Restore
Users can restore any available file version(s) from the Offsite SAN server via the Offsite SAN user interface. Simply select the appropriate folder(s) and/or file(s) and click the "Restore" button. Upon request, each file is automatically combined with the appropriate incremental backups, securely transferred to your computer, decrypted, uncompressed and restored to its original (or optionally temporary) location.