Having true cloud-to-cloud protection for Office 365 was a crucial requirement when the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals started transitioning their core infrastructure to the cloud.
The last thing the PDSA wanted to do was splash out for additional on-premise hardware to back up O365 data - at the very time their staff of more than 2,000 were moving steadily towards storing data in the cloud rather than onsite.
Underpinning the PDSA’s forward-thinking IT strategy was a desire to make the most of OneDrive, O365’s cloud file-storage service.
There was no question, though, of the PDSA assuming that data stored within O365 would automatically be protected against loss or accidental deletion. Storing sensitive data with a single provider, even one of Microsoft’s size, was a risk they were not prepared to take. The charity also wanted to define specific O365 retention periods to ensure they were adequately protected and that the PDSA was meeting its legal obligations. Utilising Redstor, the PDSA ensure that all live O365 data can also be accessed from Redstor’s cloud in the event of an emergency, thereby retaining full control over the accessibility and protection of their data.
By offering borderless visibility of local and online data, Redstor enables organisations to monitor usage at any time, on any device - and set policies across their entire estates.
This enables the charity to assign consistent protection policies across its entire data estate, as well as simplify and automate data management with one central, easy-to-use system. Infrastructure manager Parmy Rayet said: “We have file servers, web servers, database servers - a lot we are potentially moving into the cloud.
“We decided to migrate a lot of users to O365 just before the summer of 2018. As we moved more and more people, we obviously needed to keep a backup of it all. Everyone at our head office is on OneDrive and our shop users are about to go on OneDrive.”
By having a separate backup strategy that is in the cloud, PDSA have enjoyed significant savings.
Avoid having all of the PDSA’s Office 365 data stored with a single provider
Managing and protecting data efficiently whether it’s onsite or in the cloud
Finding a solution that is quick to deploy, secure and easy to manage
The need to avoid splashing out on expensive new infrastructure
Addressing increasing regulation and compliance issues
Adopt a separate backup strategy for Office 365 data to retain full control
Borderless visibility of entire, complex data estate at any time, on any device through a centralised management console
Intelligent, secure, policy-driven automation and sophisticated reporting that can be set up within 15 minutes
True cloud-to-cloud protection - with no need for capital expenditure
A data management solution that delivers global search as well as reliable backup and recovery, archiving and disaster recovery
Instant access to Office 365 data in the event of accidental deletion or a ransomware attack
A consistent data protection policy across whole estate, viewing cloud and onsite data in one place
Quick and easy centralised management of data in Office 365 without circumventing O365 security and auditing
Capability to auto-scale protection as demand changes
Address e-discovery requirements and comply with General Data Protection Regulation by searching and actioning all data wherever it resides