“There are several diffrent backup methods
in place and used depending on the level of
importance,” says Yusuke Nishiwaki of Systems
Infrastructure Section at the Information
Infrastructure Control Department in the
Management Transformation Division.
“The backbone system uses Disk to Disk to send
backup data to a remote location while other
needing to be backed up on remote tape media.
Dealing with these needs on-site meant that
more backup devices would be necessary and
transfer and external backup costs would also
increase. Ricoh realized it needed to reassess
its backup operations policy.