Is your backup solution running on a Raspberry Pi?

We’ve all tinkered with DIY tech—but when it comes to business data, even a Raspberry Pi has its limits. Let’s explore business backup and disaster recovery plan options for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) workloads.

DIY Backups Can Be Fun—But Are They Enough?

Many businesses struggle to figure out how to properly back up their data. We all know that backup is important to prevent data being lost. Many things can happen such as ransomware attacks, natural disasters, data breaches, or even internal attacks on your backup system. With this in mind, it is of utmost importance to ensure your company is making proper backups. A well-built business backup and disaster recovery plan protects data, ensures uptime, and gives your team the confidence to handle the unexpected.

You never know when disaster might strike, whether it be something like flooding, an earthquake, or even something as simple as a hard drive failing in your NAS or an employee accidentally deleting a file. These things can greatly affect the productivity of your team, and cause your business to lose money, data, and time.

Common threats that make a business backup and disaster recovery plan essential:

• Ransomware and cyberattacks targeting small businesses

• Natural disasters like floods, tornadoes, and fires

• Employee error, accidental deletions, or insider threats

• Hardware failure, aging on-premise servers, or NAS crashes

• Data breaches requiring fast compliance-driven restoration

Why Professional Backup and Disaster Recovery Solutions Matter

When it comes to data backup and disaster recovery, small businesses and enterprises alike need robust solutions that go beyond basic file storage. Professional backup and disaster recovery services, which are built into business application cloud hosting solutions, ensure business continuity by providing automated backups, version control, and rapid data recovery capabilities. Without a comprehensive backup strategy, companies risk losing critical business data, customer information, and years of operational history that can never be recovered.

Enterprise-Grade Data Protection Features

In light of this, as a business owner, you must ask yourself the important question, is your backup solution running on a Raspberry Pi? Is your team making trips to the bank on a weekly basis to put a LTO tape backup of your data into a safe deposit box that is intended for rare coins and jewelry? Or, even worse, is all of your data stored in a cabinet in the basement of your office, making all of your data stored on-site? 

The True Chaos (and Cost) of Data Loss for Businesses

The old saying goes “don’t put all your eggs in one basket” and this absolutely applies to backups. If all your data is stored on one site, what will you do if your building gets swept away by a tornado or broken into in the night? Will you call Sherlock Holmes and try to find your Linear Tape-Open (LTO) backup tapes or hard disk drives?

LTO Tape vs. Modern Cloud Solutions

While simple solutions like a Raspberry Pi can be great for ensuring the coffee pot in the break room is never empty, your backups are the backbone of consistent service for customers. Your business deserves better than a solution designed for hobbyists, or even something like a NAS (Network Attached Backup), which only really ensures a secure backup if it is located off-site.

Thankfully, EstesGroup is here to help, with our dedicated team which will help you analyze your current business backup and disaster recovery solution, and help you improve your business continuity plan. Our on-premise and cloud-based solution suites make disaster recovery of your important data fast, secure and available 24/7/365. 

Our team works hard to meet your advanced cybersecurity and compliance needs, and will help you ensure everything from your customer data to your email accounts are backed up to allow for recovery in case of a disaster. 

Integrate, Automate, Report — And Prepare for Disaster

Modern backup solutions should include features like cloud storage integration, automated scheduling, encryption, and compliance reporting. Enterprise-grade backup systems provide redundancy across multiple geographic locations, ensuring your data remains accessible even during widespread outages or natural disasters. 

Automated Business: Backup and Disaster Recovery Plan Scheduling and Monitoring

The best backup and disaster recovery services offer both on-premises and cloud-based options, giving businesses the flexibility to choose the right mix of speed, security, and cost-effectiveness for their specific needs.

What to look for in a business backup and disaster recovery solution:

• Automated backups with customizable scheduling

• Cloud-based redundancy across secure, geo-distributed locations

• End-to-end encryption and ransomware protection

• 24/7/365 support with SLA-driven recovery

• Compliance-ready reporting for audits and regulations

• Scalability to grow with your business needs

Business owners often underestimate the true cost of data loss until it’s too late. Studies show that 60% of small businesses that lose their data shut down within six months of a disaster, and few IT departments leverage expert network and security assessments. 

3-2-1 Backup Rule

Professional IT services and managed backup solutions can help prevent this scenario by implementing industry best practices for data protection, including the 3-2-1 backup rule: three copies of your data, stored on two different types of media, with one copy kept off-site. 

Don’t let your business become another statistic – invest in professional backup services that scale with your growth and protect your most valuable digital assets.

So, what are you waiting for? Reach out to our team today at [email protected] or call us at (888) 300-2340 (if you prefer the old-fashioned telephone). Let us help you ensure your business is prepared for anything.

ERP Platforms That Require a Strong Backup and Recovery Plan

EstesGroup supports a wide range of ERP systems for manufacturers, distributors, and service-based businesses. Our team provides consulting, optimization, and secure cloud hosting for leading platforms, including:

• Epicor ERP / Epicor Kinetic

• Epicor Prophet 21 (P21)

• Epicor ERP 10 / 9 (legacy systems)

• Sage ERP (Sage 50 and more)

• SYSPRO ERP

• Infor SX.e and Infor SyteLine (CloudSuite Industrial)

Whether you’re running a legacy ERP system or planning a cloud migration, EstesGroup can help you build a disaster recovery plan that aligns with your technology, operations, and compliance needs.

Wondering if your backup strategy is really enough? Whether you’re running Epicor, Prophet 21, Sage, SYSPRO, Infor, or another ERP system, your business depends on consistent uptime and data protection.

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