iShelter

Guaranteeing that no one but you has access to your data is a top priority of iSHELTER

		The U.S. Military uses 256-AES encryption levels for secure transmissions, and so do we. Your data is encrypted before it leaves its computer and remains encrypted in transit across the Internet. Your files are stored, in encrypted form, on multiple servers in high security facilities, and can be accessed with an Encryption Key that only you have. Not even iShelter personnel can access your data.

		Our data centers are geographically disbursed by design. No floods, fires, power outages, or other catastrophic events will stop you from being able to backup or restore your files. In addition we also take the physical security of these sites as serious as we take the security of your transmitted files. Our data centers have biometric controlled access to control who goes in and out as well as 24x7x365 security monitoring. In addition, each data center has multiple connections to the Internet from different providers, are connected to each other with private high-speed fiber links, contain locomotive engine size diesel generators, and data friendly fire suppression systems.

The entire point of an online backup system is that files are available when you need them. Your files are now "ON-DEMAND"

Our smart-block technology combined with our Accelerated Restoration Service make iShelter Online Backup restorations faster than other solutions.

iShelter Online Backup gives you the power to restore files when you want, as often as you want. Your ON-DEMAND files can be retrieved in minutes. Individual files, revisions of files, entire folders, or complete backup sets can be restored. When you experience a complete system failure or loss of data, you can recover all your files to any computer with an Internet connection.

It’s what is under the hood that counts. While other backup solutions may appear to be the same, how they perform varies widely. Smart-Block Bit-Level is one of the technologies that separates iSHELTER from other solutions.

After your initial full backup, Smart-Block backs up only the changes to a file, at the block level. Much like an incremental backup, except instead of backing up the entire file that has been changed, only the block level changes are backed up. This translates to much less data needing to be transmitted, whixh allows you to backup more files for offsite storage.

Many online backup solutions can't manage Exchange files, simply because the Exchange files are always open. That's why we have developed the iSHELTER Exchange Storage Service, specifically to manage backup, restoration, and storage of Exchange files.

Our iSHELTER Exchange Storage Service feature can backup not only your Exchange Server but your Outlook .pst files as well, while they are open and running.

You decide which mailboxes and which folders to backup. iSHELTER Exchange Storage Service can backup all of the mailboxes on an Exchange server, or just certain sub-folders within an Exchange Server.

iShelter Exchange Storage Service gives you the flexibility to exclude messages on the subject level, so you don't waste space or time backing up unimportant documents.

Any time you need a point-in-time document, simply restore the file from that moment. iSHELTER Exchange Storage Service makes it easy.

Regulatory compliance using iSHELTER Exchange Backup could not be easier. You determine which messages are retained, the length they remain archieved, and what happens to them once that time has elapsed. Recovering archived messages is managed by point-in-time restorations. iSHELTER Exchange Backup is data protection, archiving, and discovery all in one tool.

Every detail of what files are stored, for how long they are stored, and when they are retrieved is user defined. iSHELTER online backup services function as a compliance ready digital archiving solution.

From one to infinity, users can set iShelter Online Backup to save any number of revisions to saved documents, allowing compliance with the strictest archiving policies.

Companies familiar with backup up to tape can create managed backup sets with iSHELTER Online Backup Services that behave the way their tape rotation sets do. So the transition to off-site, secure, automatic, and always online backups is a seamless process. iSHELTER Online Backup Services archives, retains, and makes available the same information as your backup tapes.

Just like system restores, iSHELTER Online Backup Services can take a snap shot of and computer system, and store it off site for retrieval. Those restore points can be retrieved anytime to bring a computer back to operation.

It's easy to set backup policies that fit the needs of different files or file types. For example, you can tell iSHELTER Online Backup to save ten years of email, five months of digital images, and one week of Excel documents. How you use the settings is entirely up to you.

		For documents that change rapidly and need continuous data protection, iShelter Online Backup allows users to set CDP to automatically send changes every 15 minutes. With Smart Block Technology we only backup up the changed blocks, so your data usage does no sky-rocket. Combine this wiht our revision rule options and you will have all the changes to your documents safely and securley backed up for the short and long term.

For companies requiring quicker time recovery services, iSHETLER Online Backup Services can be set to backup all of your files locally as well as transfer them off-site to our secure online data centers. This allows customers to achieve near instant recovery of files and does away with old tape systems. In addition, you can specify what files will be backed up locally, and which ones to store offsite.

Backup multiple PC's from one machine, just map a drive and start your backups. The more computers you backup, the better everyone is and the safer your files are. You can even backup each computer using different credentials.

iSHELTER Online Backup provides complete scheduling flexibility. Each backup set can be set to run at any user-defined time, and at any user-defined frequency. There are default settings, but every aspect of a back-up schedule is easily configurable.

With a single iSHELTER Online Backup account, you can manage an unlimited number of computers. Each computer under a main account can have its own backup sets and configuration, and this is called a subaccount. This is especially useful for companies with multiple servers, or with servers and computers in different offices or departments. To make it easy for billing, the usage for each computer is pooled together under the main account. For an extra level of security, we even give you the option of assigning a different password to each subaccount under a main account.

iSHELTER Online Backup subaccounts are the perfect solution for workers on the go who need to make sure their important documents are always backed up. When traveling with a laptop, you can simply create a subaccount, install the software, and make a backup set. When a WIFI connection is available, simply kick off a backup.

How much does iSHELTER Online Backup tell you about what it's doing? As much or as little as you want! Reports on successful backups, failed file notifications, or any activity of the program can be automatically reported to the people who need to know how the solution is performing. Backup and restoration reports can be generated following any action, or at regularly scheduled intervals. All reporting preferences are entirely user-configurable. As an added feature, our iSHELTER Online Backup logs are so complete that they can be used for compliance purposes, as well as to track the times when files were actually backed up.

iSHELTER Online Backup activity happens in the background, while you work. Our bandwidth throttling feature assures that no matter how big your backups are, iSHELTER Online Backup will never cause network congestion or get in your way as you perform other tasks. It always knows the right amount of bandwidth to use to get your backup to complete as quickly and efficiently as possible no matter what you are doing.

Volume Shadow Copies provide a snapshot of any drive which can be referenced for backup. This allows even locked files to be securely backed up and available to the file owner for restoration.