LFC Hosting launches Innovative Client Backup System

LFC Hosting (www.lfchosting.com) today announces the completion of its new Multi-Terabyte backup solution utilizing a cluster of modern portable IDE hard drives, as opposed to the standard magnetic tape based systems used by most data centers. Only recently has this approach become feasible, reliable, and cost-effective. LFC Hosting is one of the first hosts to take advantage of this new technology, and pass it on to its customers.

Key features of LFC's new backup system include: multiple portable hard disks, superior to industry standard magnetic tapes, weekly full backups, daily Incremental backups, complete windows state and permission backups, extremely fast backup and restore times.

Robert Sauchyn, LFC CEO, says, "Although most of us don't like to think about it, disasters in the web hosting industry do occur, sometimes resulting in extended periods of downtime and loss of income. Good backups and Disaster Recovery support are two key components of reliability, and are the ones most often overlooked."

Tape drives with robotic magazines (needed for large tape capacity) are complex with many intricate moving parts. If a tape drive fails, it can take days, or even weeks to get a proprietary replacement. Conversely, hard drives are an easily sourced commodity, allowing LFC to replace individual drives quickly and easily.

Moreover, IDE hard drives are rapidly increasing in size and decreasing in cost; as this happens, LFC will easily replace or add new drives for increased capacity at a decreasing cost. All of this results in increased reliability with lower operating costs that LFC is able to pass on to its customers.

Robert Sauchyn, LFC CEO, says, "All of this represents LFC Hosting's dedication to doing things differently, and passing on the cost savings and increased reliability to our customers!"

LFC is a sound web hosting and e-commerce solution provider that has grown rapidly since their launch in 1996 because of their unique approach to web hosting: They offer a competitive, flat rate service including everything a business of any size needs to develop, deploy, and manage an aggressive, profitable, enterprise-level presence on the Internet, vital for survival in today's marketplace.