I Stumbled on your thread as I was researching on the internet and thought it would be worth letting you have my details. Databarracks backup many schools and universities in the UK and US. We basically manage the complete backup from identification and daily management of backups to restoration in the event of a faliure. These days this really is a very effective way for schools to backup no matter how much data you have. The technologies employed have changed dramatically over the past few years and the right ones are are first rate. Online backup used to be seen as an expensive and impracticle technology, but now it is cost effective and can manage not only backup, but also your entire information lifecycle from de-duplication of data to retention, archiving and eventual HSM.
As I mentioned, we backup a few schools who I would be happy to put in touch with anyone who was interested in this technology to see how it is working for them. Also if anyone would like more information you are welcome to contact me directly on 07876 500727, I am very happy to chat and give information about your data security even if there is no business in it for us and you would just like some information.
Though of course we do very special rates for schools :-)
Dont hesitate to give me a call if you think I can help.
Peter
