Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA)

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Problem:  Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) used to use the DAT tape setup controlled by one of their in-house servers. Time was always an issue or tapes wore out, in addition to replying to the server.  After RILA looked into multiple tape store solutions as well as offsite pickup and delivery of backup tapes and found staggering cost, RILA turned to DS3 DataVaulting. 

“Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) provides services to Retail, Product and Service Suppliers all over the world. Our headquarters is located in Arlington Virginia and has been in business since 1969. 

Information is a critical part of day-to-day operations and quick access to our member information is vital. DS3 DataVaulting provides an approach to redundant backup services that cannot be matched with a typical tapestore or offsite tape storage plan. DS3 DataVaulting provides instant access to all of our information that has been stored at their offsite datacenter at a click of a button!

[We used to use] the typical DAT tape setup controlled by one of our in house servers.  Time was always an issue or tapes wore out, plus not only were we dependant on the tape devices doing what they were supposed to do, we also had to depend on the server that the DAT drive was installed into.  I looked into multiple tape store solutions but I still would've needed to rotate the tapes weekly and the upfront cost is VERY high. I also looked into offsite pickup and delivery of our backup tapes by a company, the reoccurring cost of that service was staggering.

I met Idris Grant with DS3 DataVaulting when he was setting up the datacenter facility. After talking to him and seeing how the service worked I saw no other comparable solution for RILA.

My experience has been great and I would recommend it to any small, medium or large business looking to upgrade from archaic tape store systems of the past.  The cost for the service is very reasonable. DS3 DataVaulting was able to comply with my budget and on occasion is below projected cost estimates. The change over was quick, easy and the DS3 DataVaulting techs made sure I understood how the system worked!

With DS3 DataVaulting I am able to control all of my backup and restore needs from my workstation and I receive detailed daily logs to let me know all my information is safe in case the worst happens!”

William Price
Director of Information and Technology
Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA)

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