Dakota Backup

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Our Data Center Facilities Deliver the Highest Levels of Security and Reliability

Data Center Locations Safe in the Center of the U.S.A.

Dakota Backup's primary data center facility is located in western South Dakota, far from the reaches of the hurricanes and earthquakes which threaten the coasts. In addition, we have redundant servers more than 300 miles away in eastern South Dakota in a secondary secure data center.

In addition to protecting your data from physical disasters, we also protect your data with the latest encryption algorithms (encrypted at your site) in a climate-controlled, secure facility delivering the highest level of security and server reliability.

Data Center Facility Features

  • Two secure data centers
  • Geographic safety from physical disasters
  • 24-7 video surveillance
  • Secure-card access
  • Scalable and fault tolerant data network center
  • Redundant gigabit fiber backbone

Our facilities feature 24-7 video surveillance, secure-card access, and ongoing monitoring for quick resolution of hardware and software issues. All data stored online is replicated in real-time to our disaster recovery site 350 miles away for the ultimate in disaster recovery and continuity.

Our data facility is staffed and monitored around the clock, year-round. Our staff is experienced in quickly resolving hardware and software issues. In addition, the latest network and server monitoring technology instantly detects problems and ensures immediate resolution.

Our Data Center — Reliable, Scalable, Fault Tolerant

Dakota Backup's data center was designed to be reliable, high-performance, scalable and fault tolerant. Our network backbone is built with Cisco equipment, the world leader in Internet network gear. Every part of the network — switches, routers and firewalls — has a redundant "stand-in" that instantly becomes operational in the event of a hardware failure. As a result, most network problems result in no lost data or connections.

Beyond our edge routers, our network is completely switched and centers around a redundant gigabit fiber backbone. Extra fiber is pre-wired to each row, allowing us to add new capacity quickly and meet additional bandwidth requirements as needed.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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"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

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"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