• Encryption is an important step in the process of transmitting data between the NAS and the remote sites because it greatly reduces the risk of data loss incidents that plague magnetic tape and prevents man-in-the-middle attacks during transmission. We employ the 256-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) algorithm because it has never been broken and is currently considered the gold standard of encryption techniques and renders transmitted data immune to theft.
• After imaging the servers to which it is attached, the NAS device creates an independent 256-bit encrypted tunnel and transmits the imaged data to a secure offsite location where it resides in an encrypted, compressed format. That remote site then replicates again to an alternate data center, creating a total of three copies of the data in three geographically distinct regions. Since the data is encrypted and only you have the pass key, no one at Granite Mountain has access to the data on the NAS or either of the remote storage facilities.

How It Works

Granite Mountain Server Backup and Recovery Granite Mountain provides the most comprehensive and most secure disaster recovery and business continuity solution yet available for small and mid-sized businesses. A fully managed and fully automated disk-based backup and recovery service, Granite Mountain provides continuous, assured data protection and disaster recovery for your business servers and workstations.

• Granite-Mountain Data Sheet

Granite Mountain offers a set of features that outclass all other solutions on the market. First we start with a combination of both onsite NAS and online backup powered by Microsoft Storage Server. Second, our team of engineers monitoring and managing the backup 24x7x365. Third, we offer Microsoft Server Virtualization for TRUE Business Continuity for your critical business operations. Last, we provide strategies and implementations for Tiered Storage to help you manage costs.

Granite-Mountain® Server Backup and Recovery Service

Granite-Mountain solution automates and integrates the entire data protection workflow by combining automatic backup, onsite & offsite storage, archiving with user-defined retention periods, and rapid, reliable recovery through a disk-based continuous data protection process.

Our Service offers:

Reliable Backup and Recovery for Your Data

Granite-Mountain solution is the premier disk-based online backup and recovery service to:

• Automate and integrate the entire data protection workflow
• Technical support for assisted recovery of your data
• Combine the standard onsite disk backup appliance with automated offsite data storage and archiving

Automated, Integrated, Complete Data Protection

Granite-Mountain solution fully automates and integrates the entire data protection workflow. Now, with ONE integrated solution, you can backup your data onsite and tape-free, automatically move it offsite to a secure facility, archive your data with long-term history that you define, and assist you in the restoration of your data rapidly and completely.

Disk-Based Speed and Guaranteed Reliability

Granite-Mountain solution completely eliminates tape from the data protection equation, completely eliminating the risk of data loss. With Granite-Mountain solution your data is backed up to two secure, remote facilities where your data is always available for immediate online recovery. For even faster recovery, Granite-Mountain also includes the High Speed Data Vault, an on-site disk appliance for faster, reliable recoveries.

Fully Automated Solution

Granite-Mountain solution is fully automated, to help you reduce the labor costs and headaches associated with traditional tape backup processes. Your backups are performed automatically and continuously to the local High Speed Data Vault, and moved to dual secure remote Granite-Mountain Data Storage Vaults. Data is protected as it is created, using 256 bit AES encryption, VPN tunneling and digital certificates.

Granite-Mountain solution Features and Benefits Include:

• Continuous Backup The Granite-Mountain solution delivers point-in-time recovery of server data through continuous backup, providing 96 recovery points daily. For example, if a virus corrupts your database server, you call the support line and support technician will simply roll back the database to its previous state just prior to the corruption. Continuous backup enables you choose the exact version of the file to recover from numerous point-in-time versions each day, for vastly improved Recovery Point Objectives (RPO).The Granite-Mountain solution also provides built-in protection of open files and databases, without complex plug-ins or costly third party tools.
• Automatic Offsite to Secure, Class-A Data Centers – We use only Class A data centers where your data will be automatically and securely vaulted and remain encrypted.
• Fast Online Restores – Drastically speeds up data restoration in cases of a common cause of data loss. Instead of restoring an entire file or database, Granite-Mountain solution will allow you to restore only the data that changed – rolling back the data to the exact state it was in prior to the corruption.
• Rapid Local Restores with the High Speed Vault – The standard on-site rapid recovery appliance is provided that works in conjunction with off-site solution for complete data protection, providing fast, local recovery times as well as complete protection against site-level failures.
• No Third Party Software Required – Granite-Mountain solution includes native open file and database protection, meaning it is ideal for protecting applications such as Exchange, SQL or Oracle databases.
• Ease Of Use – Once you have set up Granite-Mountain solution, your backups take place automatically and continuously. You and your staff no longer have to manually backup your servers. Restores are initiated by calling support and requesting an immediate restore.
• Focus On Your Business, Not Your Backups – With Granite-Mountain’s solution, your company’s server data is managed 24x7 by Granite Mountain’s Service Operations Center (SOC). The SOC automatically detects problems at any stage of backup or recovery, initiates corrective action and proactively notifies you.
• Peace Of Mind - With Granite-Mountain solution your data is automatically and reliably backed up.

Granite-Mountain solution is a disk-based, online backup and recovery Service

• “Agents” are installed in your servers to protect your file and print servers as well as your databases - without the need for additional software plug-ins or open file managers.

• Granite-Mountain solution Service includes 24x7 monitoring and emergency support.

• The Standard High Speed Vault Appliance provides a local device for remote sites to provide fast recovery and high granularity of history.

• Optional Retention Periods are available – you can choose from 1-year or 7-year Retention Periods

About Granite-Mountain

Granite-Mountain helps organizations reduce the costs and risks associated with information protection and storage. The Company offers comprehensive records management, data protection, and information destruction solutions along with the expertise and experience to address complex information challenges such as rising storage costs, litigation, regulatory compliance and disaster recovery.

Granite-Mountain offers valuable and cost effective solutions for your company to protect against • Natural disasters • Human error • Viruses • Security Breaches

Our services ensure your company is not left vulnerable to these elements and enables rapid recovery of your data when you need it. Our solutions range from offsite tape vaulting and archiving to server and PC data backup, email continuity, and disaster recovery; and our experience will help you choose the right solution to help reduce the costs and risks associated with compliance, disaster recovery, and preservation.