Questions to ask a backup vendor
You're comparing backup or recovery vendors and want to get past the sales deck.
- You get
- 15 questions in five groups, what strong and weak answers sound like, and a scoring sheet.
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- ChatGPT
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- Copilot
- Gemini
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I'm evaluating backup and cyber recovery vendors for a [Organization type, e.g. state agency or defense contractor]. Our must-haves: [e.g. FedRAMP High, U.S.-based support staff, immutable copies, Microsoft 365 and VMware coverage] Give me 15 questions to ask each vendor, grouped as: security of the backups themselves, recovery speed and testing, compliance and data residency, support and staffing, and total cost. Prefer questions that need proof over a yes or no, such as a live restore demo, the exact FedRAMP authorization and what's inside its boundary, or a recent third-party audit report. For each question, say what a strong answer and a weak answer sound like. Then give me a simple scoring sheet I can use across vendors. Some details above are still in square brackets. Ask me for them before you answer, rather than guessing.
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