Database backups are critical for businesses, as 93% of companies that lost their data center for over 10 days due to a disaster filed for bankruptcy within a year, and 77% of small firms that experienced a major data loss went out of business within a year. The Oracle Cloud Backup Service allows users to easily back up database servers to the cloud in 4 steps by installing a module, configuring a few settings, and running backups, with benefits such as encryption, no upfront costs, and storage managed by Oracle. Backing up to the cloud is critical for businesses to be disaster ready by keeping data off-site.

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of those companies who do test their tape backups found backup failures.
(Boston Computing Network, Data Loss Statistics)
of companies that lost their data center for 10 days or more due to disaster, filed for bankruptcy within
one year of the disaster.
small firms that experience a major data loss go out of business within a year.
(DTI/PwC)
77%
50%
7 out of 10
of businesses that found themselves without data management for this same time period filed for
bankruptcy immediately
(National Archives & Records Administration inWashington)
On your database servers, install the Oracle
Database Cloud Backup Module from Oracle
Technology Network.
Use the online Cloud dashboard to monitor
your service and see how much storage
capacity you’re using for your backups.
Configure a few RMAN settings.
Now go run your backup.
„„ Your data is encrypted at the source,
securely transmitted to the cloud, and
securely stored in the cloud.You keep the
keys at your site, not in the cloud.
„„ There are no up-front costs or hardware
expenses.
„„ Storage management and data transfer
complexities are handled by the service.
„„ Administrators use the familiar RMAN
(Oracle Recovery Manager) interface to
perform backup and restore operations.
„„ If you know how to back up to tape or disk,
you know how to back up to the cloud.
„„ Your data is always available and always
secure.You can quickly increase storage
capacity when needed, at $33/TB per month.
Sign up for a trial or purchase a subscription
from the Oracle Cloud website.
Oracle Database Backup Service complements
your existing backup strategy by providing an
off-site storage location in the cloud.
Stuff happens.That’s why business critical data must be kept off-site.
It’s just good practice. Storing database backups off-site is critical
for your enterprise to be disaster ready.
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