Backup · Fort Myers · Recovery planning
Managed Backup Service in Fort Myers, Built Around Recovery
Every managed backup service in Fort Myers will tell you your data is copied; the better question is what your firm does on the morning it needs that copy. NerdSquad Managed IT Services, a Managed Service Provider (MSP) working from Naples, starts with the recovery plan and builds the backup jobs to serve it, not the other way around.
That plan sits inside our wider managed IT services in Fort Myers and day-to-day IT support in Fort Myers. The service itself is described on our backup and disaster recovery page.
Recovery point and recovery time, minus the jargon
Recovery point: how much work could you lose?
If the last good copy of your accounting database is from last night, a failure at 4pm costs you a day of entries. Some firms shrug at that. A busy billing department does not. The answer decides how often each system gets copied.
Recovery time: how long can you wait?
A file share that's down for a day is painful. A practice-management or trading system that's down for a day may be a client problem. That tolerance decides how the copy is stored and how it gets restored.
Who sets the targets
You do, with our help. We explain the trade-offs and costs, then configure jobs to match the targets you choose.
We won't put a guaranteed recovery time on paper, because real recoveries depend on what failed and why. What we will document is the plan, the order and the results of every test.
Deciding what comes back first
Established Fort Myers firms tend to run more than one critical system. A ranked list saves an argument on the worst possible day.
List every system that holds data
Servers, line-of-business apps, Microsoft 365, shared drives, scanners that save to a folder, and the one spreadsheet finance swears by.
Name an owner for each
The person who can say whether a restored copy is complete and correct.
Rank by business impact
Usually email and the system that bills clients come before archives and marketing files. Your ranking may differ, and that's fine.
Write it down and review it yearly
One page, kept with your IT documentation, revisited when you add a system or a location.
Not sure what your current backup would restore first? Our free IT assessment includes a backup check, ranked by risk.
Recovery plans for offices north and south of the river
We run managed backup for firms across Lee and Collier counties. Fort Myers clients sit about an hour up I-75 from our Naples base, and onsite visits are part of managed plans.
Pins open the backup page for a city when one exists, or that city's IT support page.
The parts of a backup that most firms never see
Testing
Restores on a schedule, results in writing
Each test names what was restored, how long it took and whether the data opened cleanly. Anything that fails becomes a ticket, and we retest after the fix.
Microsoft 365
Retention is not a backup
Microsoft's recycle bins and retention policies keep the service running and catch some mistakes, on a timer. A separate backup of mail, OneDrive and SharePoint gives you point-in-time copies you control. Tenant settings are covered by Microsoft 365 support in Fort Myers.
Ransomware
Copies an intruder can't rewrite
Immutable storage locks each copy for its retention period, even against a stolen admin login. It pairs with the controls on cybersecurity in Fort Myers.
Fort Myers recovery planning questions
What is the difference between RPO and RTO?
RPO, the recovery point objective, is how much recent data you could stand to lose. RTO, the recovery time objective, is how long a system can be unavailable. They are targets you set; they shape how backups are scheduled and stored.
Can you give us a written restore report for our insurer or board?
Yes. Each scheduled test produces a short record of what was restored and whether it worked. Many firms attach the latest one to cyber insurance renewals.
We already keep files in SharePoint. Isn't that backed up?
SharePoint keeps versions and a recycle bin for a limited time. That helps with small mistakes, but it is not an independent copy. A separate backup protects you from deletions, bad syncs and compromised accounts.
Do you back up servers that stay in our Fort Myers office?
Yes. On-premises servers get local and offsite copies, with the offsite copy held as immutable storage. If you're moving to the cloud, we plan the backup around the move too.
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Put your recovery order on paper
Tell us which systems your Fort Myers firm can't run without. We'll map what's backed up today, what's missing and what should come back first.
