1. Backup Plan Proposal
● Purchase G-Drives
● Rent safe deposit box at local bank
● Rotate drives on regular basis
● Update database
By Matt R

2. Purchase G-Drives
● Selected drive is 4 TB G-Drive at $200 each
● It is the least expensive in cost per TB: $50/TB
● With 27 TB of data to back up, 7 G-Drives would be
needed for a total upfront cost of $1,400
● B & H Photo carries the exact drive needed:

3. Rent Safe Deposit Box
● Renting a safe deposit box has several advantages:
- Gives company access to data 7 days a week
- Company can access data within 30 minutes
- Company maintains complete control of data
- Company cannot be blackmailed by server company
due to billing and/or legal disputes
- Assuming rent of $300 per year for box
- TD Bank at 2 Wall St. is open until 7 PM during the
week as well as Saturday and Sunday:

4. Rotate Drives
● Rotate drives on a daily basis
● Tech support person can make daily runs to TD Bank
● All drives, data encoded and rotation schedule can be
kept track of using a LibreOffice database:

5. Database Report
● The LibreOffice database can produce a report on a
daily and weekly basis to let management know the
current state of the backup drives: