Cloud Backup & Disaster Recovery for Northern Indiana
Verified, tested backup and rapid recovery for your servers, workstations, and Microsoft 365 data. Survive ransomware, hardware failure, or natural disaster and be back operational in minutes — not days.
When Did You Last Test Your Backup?
Most businesses have some form of backup configured — but most haven't tested it. 30–40% of backup jobs that appear to succeed contain errors that prevent actual recovery. The worst time to find out your backup doesn't work is during a ransomware incident or server failure.
NexGen deploys and manages enterprise-grade backup solutions for Northern Indiana businesses. We verify backup integrity monthly by booting actual virtual machines from your backup images — not just checking that files were copied. We guarantee you can recover before you ever need to.
Our backup and DR solutions protect servers, workstations, Microsoft 365 (email, SharePoint, Teams, OneDrive), and cloud infrastructure — with geographically separate offsite storage so a single disaster can't destroy both your primary and backup data.
What We Back Up and Protect
Physical & Virtual Servers
Image-based backup of all servers — Windows Server, Linux, VMware/Hyper-V VMs. Bootable recovery images stored locally and replicated offsite. Typical restore time: 15–60 minutes.
Microsoft 365
Email (Exchange Online), SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams data are NOT protected by Microsoft. We deploy dedicated M365 backup that retains unlimited data with point-in-time restore for any mailbox, site, or document library.
Workstations & Laptops
Endpoint backup for Windows and Mac workstations — critical for remote employees and laptop-based businesses. Protects against theft, hardware failure, and ransomware propagated from a workstation.
QuickBooks & Accounting Data
Financial data deserves extra protection. We configure additional backup frequency and extended retention for accounting software databases, with tested restore procedures verified against a clean instance.
SQL & Database Servers
Transaction-log based backup for SQL Server databases enables recovery to a specific point in time — not just last night's snapshot. Critical for ERP, CRM, and line-of-business applications.
Cloud-to-Cloud Backup
For businesses running workloads in AWS or Azure, we implement cloud-to-cloud backup replication to ensure your cloud infrastructure can be restored in a different region if your primary cloud zone has an outage.
The 3-2-1 Backup Rule
Every backup strategy NexGen deploys follows the 3-2-1 rule — the industry standard for resilient business data protection.
Three Copies of Your Data
The original data on your production systems plus two backup copies. This ensures no single failure eliminates all copies of your data.
Two Different Storage Media
Local backup to an on-site appliance or NAS, and cloud backup to an offsite data center. Different media types reduce the risk of both failing simultaneously.
One Offsite Copy
At least one copy stored in a geographically separate location — so a fire, flood, or ransomware attack that destroys your office can't destroy your backups too.
Cloud Backup & DR FAQ
Cloud backup copies your data to a secure offsite location on a regular schedule — it protects against data loss. Disaster recovery (DR) goes further: it creates bootable system images that can spin up as virtual machines in minutes, allowing you to continue operating from the cloud if your physical servers are destroyed. Backup restores data; DR restores operations.
No — and this is one of the most common misunderstandings in small business IT. Microsoft's service agreement explicitly states that data protection is the customer's responsibility. Microsoft 365 provides up to 93 days of limited recovery for some data, but it's not a backup. Email, SharePoint, Teams, and OneDrive data can be permanently lost due to ransomware, accidental deletion, or departing employees. We deploy dedicated Microsoft 365 backup to protect your cloud data.
Critical business data (databases, accounting, ERP, customer records) should be backed up at minimum once daily, preferably with continuous or hourly snapshots. File servers and endpoints can typically be backed up nightly. We configure backup schedules to match your Recovery Point Objective (RPO) — the maximum amount of data your business can afford to lose.
With an image-based disaster recovery solution, you can spin up a virtual server in the cloud within 15–60 minutes and continue operating while your physical infrastructure is cleaned and restored. Without proper backup, ransomware recovery can take days or weeks — or require paying the ransom. We test recovery procedures for all managed clients to verify backup integrity.
We deploy Datto SIRIS (enterprise-grade image backup and DR appliances), Veeam (server and VM backup), and Acronis (endpoint backup and Microsoft 365 protection). The right solution depends on your server environment, recovery time requirements, and budget. All solutions include offsite cloud replication to geographically separate data centers.
Yes. We perform monthly backup verification tests for all managed IT clients — booting a virtual machine from backup images to verify that systems can actually be restored. 30–40% of untested backups contain errors that prevent recovery. You should never discover your backup doesn't work during an actual disaster.
Verify Your Backup Before You Need It
Free backup assessment for Northern Indiana businesses. We'll test your current backup and tell you honestly whether you're actually protected.