Posted on August 15, 2018
Author Anita Goodan, WKVI
Starke County IT Director Richard Franks presented the county commissioners last week with information to purchase a new computer backup system.
Franks said that the purchase of the appliance, support and cloud retention would be $36,000 up front. The county doesn’t have adequate backup for all of the county’s data and this would ensure a reliable backup system as well as an off-site back up with the cloud retention.
In addition to the products, Franks said there is ransomware software included and it will notify him of any attacks. Also, if the server goes down because of an attack, the server can be restored in a few hours instead of weeks or months. If the drives fail, it will send Franks a notice and a new drive will be sent for free within 12 hours.
In addition, it comes with a lifetime warranty.
Franks assured the commissioners that he’s viewed several webinars and research on this particular appliance and believes it will be a good fit for what the county needs.
The commissioners approved the upfront cost of the equipment for about $36,000 from PCMG. The money will be taken from the county’s County Economic Development Income Tax fund.
The insurance company will contacted for any potential savings with this new equipment.
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