The LMN online offsite backup and restore service provides a cost effective offsite backup and restore service, delivered under a service level agreement, taking advantage of existing LMN links.The service is offered in partnership with InTechnology plc who are the UK's leading provider in this field.

Before the service was launched, an extensive three month pilot under the management of a steering group composed of senior representatives of the LMN community.

By utilising the existing network connections to LMN and an interlink between LMN and the InTechnology network, the costs of the service are dramatically reduced. In addition LMN has negotiated further discounts due to the aggregation of service provision.

There are two service options which offer solutions to meet the varied needs of LMN members. One service, whilst it can support any operating system is optimised for the Windows environment and supports major applications including Exchange, SQL and Oracle . The other service is designed for large data volumes and is especially effective with UNIX. Both services are covered by InTechnolgy's 24x7 network operations centre.

Service Overview

A recent evaluation of this service is highlighted in the paper "21st Century Data Protection at Birkbeck College"

The City of Westminster Case Study

LMN Case Study

For more details, see the briefing paper and the presentations from the launch event on 22 September 2004.

InTechnology's Data Centre in Harrogate