Dakota Backup

SAS70 FIPS Validated
The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) Publication 140-2, is a U.S. government computer security standard used to accredit cryptographic modules. Modules validated as conforming to FIPS 140-2 are accepted by the Federal Agencies of the United States and Canada for the protection of sensitive information.
Facebook Icon LinkedIn Icon Twitter Icon
dakota backup staff

Our Menu of Cutting Edge Technologies Can Give You Peace of Mind about Your Data Security Needs

Our staff of business professionals, consultants, and technology experts believes in staying on top of the latest technological developments and industry regulations so that you can feel comfortable that your data is secure.

We offer:

OS Support: Extensive OS Support

  • Microsoft Windows
  • Mac OS X
  • VMware ESX
  • Novell NetWare NDS
  • Novell SUSE Linux
  • Red Hat Linux
  • SUN Solaris
  • HP-UX
  • HP-Tru64 UNIX
  • IBM AIX
  • IBM iSeries AS/400

Extensive Database Support

  • Microsoft SQL
  • Microsoft Exchange
  • Oracle
  • IBM DB2
  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • IBM Lotus Notes/Domino Server
  • Novell Groupwise
  • Microsoft SharePoint

Dynamic Backup, Flexible Fast Restores

  • Backup to disk
  • Incremental backups forever
  • Local restore
  • Individual file restore
  • CDP for Exchange, Windows, and UNIX file system

Enterprise Scalability

  • File Scalability per metadata engine
  • N+1 Grid Processing (Scalable HA)
  • Extensible storage for DB System and BLM Archiver

Enterprise Consistent Data Integrity

  • Verified data integrity with autonomic healing
  • Online & non-disruptive
  • Backup to disk

Data Storage and WAN Transport

  • Secure AES encryption data in-flight
  • AES encryption data at-rest
  • Single Instance Storage (SIS) local deduplication
  • Global SIS (GSIS) global deduplication
  • Delta block changes only sent across WAN
  • Delta file changes only sent across WAN
  • Compression
  • Bandwidth throttling

Service Oriented Architecture and Reporting

  • SLA management, activities, events
  • Multi-tiered billing system, metering & chargeback
  • Single dashboard for all sites
  • Real-time backup reporting from all sites
  • Auto-upgrade & mass deployment
  • Scheduled e-mail for daily/weekly reports

Deduplicated Capacity Based Licensing

  • "Pay-as-you-Grow" GSIS capacity licensing
  • Does not require local storage for local recovery
  • Licensing costs per TB decreases as capacity increases

Compliance, Discovery, and ILM Aware

  • Backup Lifecycle Management (BLM)
  • Data destruction with digital certificates
  • Search on file or data and all their generations
  • Backup data can be moved to tape or tape libraries
  • Archived backup data can be removed from online

Single Managed Product for all Backup Restore

  • Application servers
  • Databases
  • Email servers
  • Archival
  • Desktops
  • Laptops
  • Message Level Restore (MLR)
  • Bare Metal Restore (BMR) & DR
  • Continuous Data Protection (CDP)
HIPPA Compliance

Solutions for Healthcare

Controlling costs, increased security and privacy compliance are just some of the challenges facing a healthcare provider and their data. Learn how Dakota Backup can work with you.

learn more...

financial solutions

Financial Solutions

With its roots in accounting and IT Dakota Backup knows how to work the ever- changing terrain of the financial services sector. Safe, secure, accountable and compliant, that's Dakota Backup.

learn more...

Solutions for Government

Solutions for Government

Data-backup needs are getting more complex as government moves more towards online record keeping. Dakota Backup can help you make sense of it all and keep your data safe and secure.

learn more...

Solutions for Education

Solutions for Education

With the complexity of IT infrastructure increasing; K-12, colleges and universities need pragmatic backup solutions that fit well within their budget constraints. Dakota Backup is right there with you.

learn more...

"Within 40 minutes of notifying Dakota Backup we were missing a file, they were able to retrieve it! I am delighted with the efficient management of our account as well as the friendly people. Thank you, Dakota Backup.

"Dakota Backup has allowed us to take a huge step forward in protecting our data with their state-of-the-art data protection solution. Previously we were backing up nine locations in a fragmented manner, using tape-based ..." Read More

"I just wanted to take a minute to let you know what a relief it was today to have you guys on our side!! Our most important data went poof and disappeared from our server. I can't begin to explain the ramifications ..." Read More

"Recently, an enterprise-critical server suffered registry corruption and failed to re-boot during scheduled maintenance. The registry files were successfully restored from the Dakota Backup offsite backup servers and a c..." Read More

"MIKE - Well, you certainly made that easy for me to fix. Sorry that I had to bother you with that little problem. If something like this ever happens again, I'll know to search for the missing object. Thanks for you..." Read More

"I was very impressed by the performance of Dakota Backup. You never know how something such as Dakota Backup is going to work until you need to use it. I was pleasantly surprised by your ability to quickly provide us wit..." Read More

"In our business, having quality backups are critical — no, they are more than critical, whatever that synonym would be.  We’ve been using Dakota Backup since we first started and recently had..." Read More

"In my time in the IT industry, I'd come to one main conclusion about backups – backing up to tapes was frustrating. Sometimes it would work, sometimes it wouldn't, and sometimes there was no rhyme or ..." Read More