Backup and Disaster Recovery in Cessnock NSW

Every business owner knows they should have a backup. Fewer know whether theirs would actually work. The awkward discovery tends to come at the worst moment: the server won't start, the bookkeeper's laptop is stolen, or ransomware has encrypted the shared drive, and the backup turns out to be months old, incomplete or encrypted along with everything else.

Steven Galvin helps small businesses around Cessnock and the Hunter Valley set up backups that run automatically, get checked, and are proven by actually restoring from them. He also helps you work out what you'd do on the day things go wrong, so getting back to work is a plan rather than a scramble.

Backups that are tested, not assumed

A solid business backup keeps several copies of your data in different places: one on site that's quick to restore from, and at least one away from the premises, such as a cloud backup service. At least one copy should be offline or protected so it can't be changed or deleted from the office network. That's what stops ransomware from taking the backups down with everything else.

Backups also need watching. Steven sets them up to report failures, checks that they're completing, and regularly restores a sample of real files to prove they come back intact. Cloud email and files need covering too, because services like Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace only keep deleted items for a limited time.

A recovery plan you can actually follow

Disaster recovery starts with two plain questions. How long can the business manage without its computers before it really hurts? And how much recent work could you stand to redo? The answers decide how often backups should run and how quickly you need to be able to restore.

From there, Steven helps you write a short, practical plan: what gets restored first, where the backups are, who to call, where the logins are kept and how staff keep working in the meantime. Often the goal is as simple as knowing the job files and accounts can be opened on any laptop within a few hours. The plan is kept somewhere you can reach even when the office computers are down.

Keeping the business running

Some of the best protection is unglamorous: moving shared files and email into the cloud so one office computer isn't the weak point, keeping a spare laptop set up and ready, and putting surge protection or a battery backup on the equipment that matters. Steven recommends what makes sense for a business your size and nothing it doesn't need.

It also helps to keep a short list of the essentials somewhere safe and away from the office: your internet provider's support number, the logins for your accounting software and email, and who has admin access to what. When something goes wrong, the hour spent hunting for those details is often longer than the fix itself.

How a job works

1. 1

   Get in touch

   Call or send an enquiry and describe the problem. Steven books a time that suits you.

2. 2

   Free diagnosis

   He looks at the device or system and explains what is wrong in plain English.

3. 3

   Clear price

   You get an upfront price before any work begins, so there are no surprises.

4. 4

   Fixed and tested

   The repair is done and tested before it goes back to you.

Backup and Disaster Recovery: common questions