Network Backup

Creating a Backup Strategy for your Network  .....
BRIEF:  Backup is an essential part of protecting your computer network and its data.  Since data backup goes well beyond merely copying your AI or VSS data files, Animal Intelligence Software, Inc. considers backup a system process rather than an application process.  This means that neither AI nor VSS contain any facilities for data backup; rather, you are expected to backup their data as part of a larger strategy to backup all of the data on your network.
This whitepaper describes one way of creating a reliable, verifiable backup system.  There are many strategies and their ease of use and cost can vary greatly.  Discuss this and other strategies with your network vendor to arrive with a strategy that will work for you and your business.  By work we mean a system that is affordable to you, and that you will rigorously maintain.  We must stress at the outset that the responsibility of creating and maintaining backups falls to you and your network vendor.

Backup Hardware Options for AI Users  .....
BRIEF:  As an Animal Intelligence® user, you have a plethora of options for backing up your company’s data.  This document describes the most popular and widely available backup solutions, and their pros and cons.
This document only describes the various backup hardware solutions.  It does not discuss the various backup strategies that each solution may employ.  Use this as a guide for the solution to buy, not for how to implement it.