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Are you sure that your backup is working?  Scomis Remote Backup Service offers remote backup of a school's data, including SIMS, on a daily basis.  The Customer advises Scomis which parts of their data they want backed up remotely.  This means that schools do not need to remember to start a local backup, change tapes, or take backup tapes off site.   It is a cost effective, fully managed, reliable and automated backup solution utilising high speed broadband links to back up the customer's data securely over the internet. Scomis understand and appreciate the importance of our service availability to all of our customers.

Scomis will:

• arrange for a Scomis technician to contact you after you sign up to this Remote Backup Solution quotation to agree what parts of your data you want backed up and remotely install the client software.  The installation will be tested and then scheduled to run at the decided time after school hours.  The Remote Backup Service includes automated backup procedure, automated media management, secure off site storage, automatic software updates, easy user interface, full backup reporting, email notification, regular data restore testing, file name search & restore facility, remote management, filtered backup and restore of such agreed data;
• perform a daily backup of such agreed data on key desktop computers and servers as notified by the Customer in writing to Scomis.  Data will be archived for up to 6 months on live data sets;
• 'mirror' a duplicate copy of such agreed data backup to secondary servers at County Hall, Exeter to ensure that even in the case of the main hardware at Great Moor House failing, your data would still be safe;
• check every school day during term time for any schools subscribing to this Remote Backup Service that have not backed up and, during term time only, inform the Customer in a timely manner of becoming aware if for any reason the data has not been backed up.  Scomis also perform data restores to ensure that the Customer's data that has been backed up can be restored.  If our monitoring picks up any problems we will inform you as appropriate;
• provide advice and assistance to back up the agreed parts of your data in the event of an emergency;
• provide the client with the information to restore individual files themselves to ensure minimum disruption.  The restoration of data by Scomis is not included in the cost of this service, however, assistance with the restoration of data can be provided if requested;
• provide, where required, assistance via the Service Desk for this process in order to ensure that the correct data is selected for backup; and
• keep all information secure in accordance with data protection standards set down within Department for Education guidelines and UK government statutes.

Each Customer's computer will be charged an annual licence, maintenance and storage space charge, with the storage space being divided into 30Gb segments.  The Scomis Remote Backup Service is easily scalable with schools being able to move up another segment when data grows above the limit.

Please contact Scomis for the latest prices and to find out more information please refer to the brochure below:

2011-12: Scomis Remote Backup Service brochure (43KB - pdf help)

2012-13: Scomis Remote Backup Service brochure (43KB - pdf help)