The zVault backup process is far more than a simple offsite data copy, providing dramatically improved performance and reliability while ensuring that your data receives the maximum amount of protection.

All data stored on your zBox is automatically protected. When data is updated, zVault swings into action. The backup process begins by scanning all new or updated files to find exactly what has changed, allowing your data archive to be updated with the minimum amount of data transferred. This reduces update times and conserves your network resources.

zVault makes extensive use of the dedicated zBox processing power to maintain an active database of information about your files and to optimize data backup performance. Depending which Zettabits Service level you have, this dedicated backup processing database may be stored on hardware as powerful as dual dedicated 15,000 RPM high performance SAS disk drives, providing your data with an unbeatable level of backup performance.

Once the minimum changed dataset for an updated file is computed, it is time to begin the data transfer operation. In order to further optimize the use of your network resources and increase the speed of archive updates, the changed data is first compressed to reduce the required transfer size. In order to ensure complete data security, the compressed data is then encrypted using the reliable and compliant AES-256 encryption algorithm. AES-256 is the standard in reliable data encryption and is compliant with HIPAA, SOX, FIPS-140 and other specifications which demand only the best in data protection.

This encryption occurs on your zBox before your data is transferred anywhere, ensuring that it will never be left unprotected for even a fraction of a second. The data is encrypted with a unique private key, generated from real thermal noise, and will never be decrypted except by another zBox during a restoration procedure, or when you provide the key to the Zettabits Remote Console to directly access your data archive. All data transfers are done over SSL secured links, with endpoint authentication, data checksumming on reception, and using a limited time transfer authentication window to maximize data transfer security.

zVault uses S3 cloud storage to store your data archive, providing a wide range of improvements over more traditional offsite storage solutions. S3 is depended upon by hundreds of businesses large and small to support core business activities, and has a real measured uptime of over 99.95%, with zero exceptions or planned interruptions. Automatic data replication across multiple datacenters, immense amounts of bandwidth, and a proven history of reliability make S3 an easy choice for providing our customers with the best offsite data storage available.

The bottom line is that when you store your data with Zettabits, you can be sure that it will always be there when you need it. Whether it is at blazingly fast LAN speeds through your zBox, or over the Internet to anywhere in the world you may be, nothing will separate you from your data.