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Our current local backup solution has a DR option we could purchase that would provide cloud storage and if a disaster occurred they would off-load to a portable device and ship via next day air to provide full recovery. &nbsp; The price tag is $600 per year for 500 GB.<br />
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The school has unlimited Google Drive space and we understand AWS provides inexpensive cloud storage for education. &nbsp; The idea of having someone being able to physically ship a recovery device overnight seems like a more practical solution rather than expecting to download to the recovery site that might not have an ISP connection during the DR. &nbsp; Another suggestion would be to contract with some local technology outsource within 30-minute drive with the idea of having them download the Google source to a portable device then we could drive it back to our onsite.<br />
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Is this DR plan unique? &nbsp; Any EE's who can provide references to cloud DR vendors doing similar?
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Our current local backup solution has a DR option we could purchase that would provide cloud storage and if a disaster occurred they would off-load to a portable device and ship via next day air to provide full recovery.   The price tag is $600 per year for 500 GB.

The school has unlimited Google Drive space and we understand AWS provides inexpensive cloud storage for education.   The idea of having someone being able to physically ship a recovery device overnight seems like a more practical solution rather than expecting to download to the recovery site that might not have an ISP connection during the DR.   Another suggestion would be to contract with some local technology outsource within 30-minute drive with the idea of having them download the Google source to a portable device then we could drive it back to our onsite.

Is this DR plan unique?   Any EE's who can provide references to cloud DR vendors doing similar?

OFF-SITE BACKUP STORAGE DISASTER RECOVERY OPTIONS

Cloud services are services made available to users via the Internet from a provider's servers. Cloud services are designed to provide easy, scalable access to applications, resources and services, and are fully managed by a cloud services provider. It is a model for enabling ubiquitous, on-demand access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources. Frequently offered cloud services are infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS), desktops-as-a-service (DaaS), software-as-a-service (SaaS) and platform-as-a-service (PaaS). Examples of cloud services include online data storage and backup solutions, Web-based e-mail services, hosted office suites and document collaboration services, database processing, managed technical support services and more.

Cloud Services

The term "Backup" means the methods and processes involved to copy computer data (system data as well as application data) to media other than the ones where the data originally live (disk, tape, optical, cloud). "Restore" in turn means the methods and processes involved in data recovery, i. e., bringing back copied computer data to their original location. Backup/Restore primarily serves as a means of protection against data loss, be it due to disaster, corruption or sabotage. It can also be used for recovering data from an earlier point in time and even for cloning machines or applications. There is a wide variety of backup/restore software available, from expensive commercial products to free or open source tools.

Storage Software

Disaster Recovery is the planning for and creation of policies and procedures related to the resumption or continuation of an organization's functions following a catastrophic event. The term is most frequently used in relation to failure of networks, but DR preparations also include other business systems and personnel considerations.