Backup as a Service (BaaS)


Managed IT Services

While virtualization is prevalent in today’s business IT environments, many organizations still have regulatory and control requirements that necessitate on-premises, physical servers and bare metal servers. 

Our Backup as a Service (BaaS) Solution manages how, when and where production backups are stored and replicated—on-premises and in IBM Cloud to simplify operations across your entire environment. Protect data centers, remote offices and even workstations no matter where they are.

With this solution you can:

  • Reduce overall IT and primary storage costs – up to 10x savings on long term data retention.
  • Leverage the simplicity, elasticity, and unlimited scale of Cloud Object Storage.
  • Automate movement of backups to long term storage as they as they age out of the required operational restore window.
  • Eliminate the management burden and additional cost associated with expanding primary and secondary storage.
  • Fast, agentless image-based backups for VMs, and agents for bare metal and on-premises workloads
  • Recovery of entire VMs, individual files and application items
  • Item-level recovery and eDiscovery for Microsoft Exchange, SharePoint and Active Directory
  • Transaction-level restore of Oracle and SQL Server databases
  • Automatic testing and reporting of every backup and replica
  • Monitoring and alerting to unseen issues which can impact backup and application performance

OUR BAAS SOLUTION

IBM Cloud
Veeam

Our BaaS solution is built using Veeam and IBM Cloud.  Veeam’s full, on-premise capabilities are available on IBM Cloud. That’s not something other public clouds deliver.

Plus, IBM Cloud provides free network traffic between its 60+ cloud datacentres worldwide, Store, copy and replicate Veeam backup infrastructure and automate archive storage based on your recovery service level needs, not the restraints of your budget.  

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Backup as a Service BAAS FAQs

Backup as a Service (BaaS) is a managed cloud backup solution that helps Irish businesses securely store critical data offsite, protect against ransomware and recover quickly from data loss incidents.

With BaaS, backups are automated, encrypted and centrally managed, reducing the risk of human error and ensuring files, applications and system states can be restored when needed.

DNA IT Solutions deploys and manages Backup as a Service as part of its Managed IT Services, helping companies maintain business continuity, meet data retention requirements and safeguard essential information with minimal operational overhead.

  • What is Backup as a Service (BaaS)?
    Backup as a Service (BaaS) is a cloud-based managed backup solution that automatically protects business data by copying it to secure offsite storage and managing backups centrally.

  • How does BaaS differ from traditional backups?
    Unlike manual or on-premise backups, BaaS automates the process, provides offsite cloud storage, and removes dependency on physical media or local infrastructure.

  • Why is cloud backup important for business?
    Cloud backup protects data against hardware failure, accidental deletion, cyberattacks and disasters, ensuring critical information is recoverable anytime.

  • Is Backup as a Service secure?
    Yes. BaaS solutions use encryption in transit and at rest, secure authentication and access controls to protect backup data from unauthorised access.

  • Can BaaS help with ransomware recovery?
    Yes. Because backups are stored separately and securely, businesses can restore clean versions of files quickly even after ransomware incidents.

  • How often are backups performed?
    Backup schedules vary by configuration — BaaS can perform continuous, hourly, daily or custom backups based on data change frequency and business needs.

  • Can BaaS scale with business growth?
    Yes. BaaS typically supports flexible storage and can be scaled to accommodate increased data volumes as a business grows.

  • What data can be protected with Backup as a Service?
    BaaS can protect files, applications, databases, virtual machines and system states — depending on your environment and backup strategy.

  • How long does it take to restore data from BaaS?
    Restore times depend on data size and bandwidth but BaaS solutions are optimised for efficient retrieval to help minimise downtime.

  • How does DNA IT Solutions implement Backup as a Service?
    DNA IT assesses your environment, designs a backup strategy based on your needs, deploys and configures the solution, and provides ongoing monitoring and management.