The rule any serious archive follows is simple: several copies, in several places, plus a history you can return to. The server does all three automatically, without anyone in the company having to step in.
Several copiesTwo disks in the office, and a second server you can keep at another site.
Several placesThe same files on the server and on the team's computers, at the same time.
A history you can return toHourly for the current day, then daily, weekly and monthly.
More places
Files also reach the team's computers
Each employee works with the company folders directly from their laptop or phone, and the files sync both ways. The same documents are on the server and on people's computers at the same time, in different buildings, in different cities.
Automatic copies
You can turn the clock back
The server keeps the state of the documents by itself: hourly for the current day, then daily, weekly and monthly. A file deleted on Tuesday at 11 is recovered from the state of Tuesday at 10, in a few seconds, without anyone having to call anyone.
Hourly
Daily
Weekly
Monthly
Cyber attacks
The virus does not reach the history on the server
It almost always starts the same way: someone opens an attachment, and the virus encrypts everything it can reach from that computer, including the company's shared folders. The historical copies kept by the server are protected against change and deletion for the configured period: they cannot be rewritten from the workstations. Instead of paying a stranger and hoping, you return to the state from before the attack.
For the more serious cases, in which the server itself is compromised, the second copy is what matters.
The second copy
A copy somewhere else as well
Data can be copied automatically onto a second server, kept at another site. If the office burns, is broken into or flooded, the company archive still exists, a few kilometres away, and you carry on working from there.
Inside the server as well
Two disks, not one
On top of all of the above, the server writes everything you save onto two disks at once. If one fails, nothing is lost and nobody stops working. We replace it, and the second copy rebuilds itself.
The space of 1, 2 or 4 TB is the space you can actually use. The spare disk comes in addition to it, not out of it.
Mains power
A power cut does not bring it down
The battery is inside the case itself. When the power goes out, the server stays on, and if the outage lasts too long it shuts itself down, in order, without damaging what was in progress. You no longer need a separate battery sitting under the desk.
FAQ
Questions about the copies
What happens if a disk fails?
Nothing is lost and nobody stops working. The server writes everything you save onto two disks at once. We replace the failed disk, and the second copy rebuilds itself.
Can a deleted file be recovered?
Yes. The server keeps the state of the documents by itself: hourly for the current day, then daily, weekly and monthly. A file deleted on Tuesday at 11 is recovered from the state of Tuesday at 10, in a few seconds, without anyone having to call anyone.
What if a virus encrypts the shared folders?
The historical copies kept by the server are protected against change and deletion for the configured period: they cannot be rewritten from the workstations. Instead of paying a stranger and hoping, you return to the state from before the attack.
What if the office is lost, or the server itself is compromised?
Data can be copied automatically onto a second server, kept at another site. If the office burns, is broken into or flooded, the company archive still exists, a few kilometres away, and you carry on working from there. For the more serious cases, in which the server itself is compromised, the second copy is what matters.
What happens in a power cut?
The battery is inside the case itself. When the power goes out, the server stays on, and if the outage lasts too long it shuts itself down, in order, without damaging what was in progress. You no longer need a separate battery under the desk.
Is 1, 2 or 4 TB the usable space?
The space of 1, 2 or 4 TB is the space you can actually use. The spare disk comes in addition to it, not out of it.