Why Oxford backup needs to clear a higher bar
Oxford concentrates research IP + NHS healthcare + spinout customer data. Backup design starts from "assume the production estate is compromised".
NHS DSP Toolkit assertion 9.4 for OUH
For OUH and BOB ICB-affiliated organisations, DSP Toolkit assertion 9.4 requires demonstrable backup and recovery.
Funder-aligned retention for Oxford University
For Oxford University research customers, backup includes funded-project data with retention aligned to UKRI, Wellcome, Cancer Research UK, Gates Foundation.
SOC 2 evidence for Oxford spinouts
For Oxford spinouts with SOC 2 obligations, backup design directly supports the Availability + Processing Integrity criteria.
Automotive flow-down for BMW Cowley supply
For BMW Cowley supplier-chain, prime-contractor flow-down requires specific retention for product / engineering / quality data.
What Servnet backup delivers in Oxford
Veeam Data Platform deployments
Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam ONE, Veeam Recovery Orchestrator, Veeam for M365, Veeam Hardened Repository.
Rubrik Security Cloud + r7000
For high-value Oxford customers — Rubrik Security Cloud + Cloud Vault.
Commvault Cloud + HyperScale X
For larger Oxford enterprise customers.
M365 / Workspace SaaS backup
Independent backup of M365 / Workspace tenants. Microsoft retains, doesn't back up.
Air-gapped vault in second Oxford DC
Off-fabric, network-isolated vault at a second Oxford DC — typically Synergy OXF if primary is Pulsant OXF.
Quarterly restore exercises
For regulated customers — quarterly tested restores, validated, documented for DSPT / SOC 2 audit.
Oxford backup + recovery customers
- ▸OUH NHS Foundation TrustJohn Radcliffe, Churchill, Nuffield, Horton — clinical-system backup, DSP-Toolkit-aligned retention, HSCN-attached paths.
- ▸Oxford University + 39 collegesUniversity departments + colleges — research-data backup, funder-aligned retention (UKRI / Wellcome / CRUK).
- ▸Oxford spinoutsOxford Nanopore, OxBotica, OSI portfolio — AWS / Azure backup, SOC 2-aligned retention.
- ▸Oxford Science Park + BegbrokeScience Park + Begbroke tenants — customer-data backup, multi-tenant isolation in backup repositories.
- ▸BMW Cowley supplier-chainBMW Cowley supplier-chain — product / engineering / quality data backup, automotive flow-down retention.
- ▸OCC + Oxon CC + 4 districtsOCC + Oxon CC + 4 districts — backup of Crown Hosting / Azure workloads, statutory record retention.
How an Oxford backup engagement runs
Assessment + design — weeks 1–2
Existing-backup audit, RPO / RTO targets, ransomware scenario stress-test, regulator-mapping.
Hardware + software deployment
Backup repository racked in agreed Oxford DC.
First successful restore — week 6
Pick a non-critical workload, restore end-to-end to isolated infrastructure.
Ongoing operations + quarterly testing
Day-to-day job monitoring, restore-on-demand, quarterly tested restores documented for audit.
Oxford backup + recovery — common questions
What does "immutable" actually mean for our Oxford backup data?
Data even an admin with full credentials cannot delete or modify before retention expires.
How do you protect a Microsoft 365 tenant — surely Microsoft does it?
Microsoft retains, they don't back up. For any Oxford tenant of meaningful size we deploy a third-party M365 backup tool.
Can you build us an air-gapped vault in a second Oxford DC?
Yes — typical design lands primary in one DC (Pulsant OXF) and air-gapped vault in a second (Synergy OXF or Telehouse W).
Do you do quarterly restore testing for OUH?
Yes — for OUH and BOB ICB-affiliated organisations we schedule quarterly tested restores aligned to DSP Toolkit assertion 9.4.
How quickly can you recover a ransomware-encrypted Oxford estate?
For a typical 150-VM estate with Veeam or Rubrik and immutable repositories: critical-service restore within 4–8 hours, full estate recovery 24–72 hours.
How do you price backup for a 100-VM Oxford firm?
Three components — software licence, backup target hardware (typically £25–55k), implementation services (£15–30k).
Other services we deliver in Oxford
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