"At one time we had a sizeable window available in which to do our backups," said Francis Rodrigues, IT support manager at Radley + Co. "However, once the business expanded into the US, systems were put to use for far longer periods of time, reducing the backup window to the point where it was almost non-existent."

Rodrigues said the firm realised it could use the snapshots generated by FalconStor CDP to solve the backup problem, by employing FalconStor HyperTrac Backup Accelerator technology to archive data onto tape.

Previously, the company's DR provisioning consisted primarily of backing up to tape, with a strategy of restoring from tape and restarting operations as well as possible. The firm said scenario testing showed that recovery was time-consuming and required the involvement of expensive consultants. It could also involve a loss of operations and data.