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Family-run document storage in Preston, Lancashire, serving clients UK-wide info@documentstoragepreston.co.uk

Based in Preston · Serving the UK

Off-Site Storage for Backup Tapes and Physical Media

Secure off-site storage for backup tapes, discs and removable media, with collections and returns arranged around your requirements.

Discuss Your Requirements Call 01772 882710

Disaster Recovery

Keep a Separate Copy for When You Need It

We store physical backup tapes, discs and removable media away from your business premises, with nationwide collections and returns from our Preston base. For wider archive requirements, we also provide physical document storage and confidential shredding. Tell us your formats and handling needs so we can agree a suitable arrangement.

Backup media stored away from your main site can help protect a recovery copy if an incident affects your premises. When tapes or other media are disconnected from your network, they can also be harder for ransomware on connected systems to reach.

From a small collection to media held across several locations, we can discuss a practical arrangement for organisations in any sector, including legal practices, healthcare providers, care homes, pharmacies, finance teams, construction businesses and public services.

Controlled-access storage facilities at Stor-it in Preston

Off-Site Media Storage

Keep Backup Media Away from the Systems It Protects

Separate from Site Incidents

Keep backup media at a different location so a fire, flood, theft or other incident at your workplace is less likely to affect every copy.

Know Where Each Item Is

We can barcode accepted media and record it against your inventory, giving each item a unique reference to help track it through collection, storage and return.

Arrange Returns When Needed

Store physical backup media securely away from your premises, with returns arranged to support your recovery plans.

Physical storage and retrieval: Off-site media storage is one part of a wider backup plan. Your organisation remains responsible for creating, encrypting, testing and restoring backups; we store and return the physical media.

Physical Media, Stored Off Site

Discuss Your Media Requirements

An off-site copy can form part of your organisation's continuity arrangements. We can discuss physical storage for backup tapes and cartridges, optical discs, removable drives and other media. We'll confirm which formats we can accept and the storage arrangements before anything is collected.

  • Backup tapes and cartridges, including LTO formats
  • CDs, DVDs and other optical discs
  • Removable hard drives and other physical media
  • Collections, returns and retrieval arrangements to suit your organisation

Storage to Suit Your Needs

From a few tapes or discs to larger collections, keep physical backup media securely off site. We can also discuss media retained over time and collections from several offices or sites.

Security at Our Preston Facility

Our storage centre has fingerprint-controlled access, internal and external CCTV, monitored alarms and perimeter fencing. Media formats can have specific storage needs, so we'll discuss your requirements and confirm suitability before agreeing the service.

Physical storage only. We store physical media; we do not manage backups, access or restore data, or provide cloud or digital storage.

How to Arrange Storage

Agree a Suitable Arrangement

  1. Email us with the media formats, approximate quantity and collection postcode.
  2. Tell us about any packaging, environmental or handling requirements.
  3. We'll confirm which media we can accept and agree the collection and storage arrangements with you.
  4. When you need media returned, email us. Same-day or next-day delivery may be available depending on your location, request time and route.

Common Questions

Questions About Tape and Media Storage

We'll confirm the formats, requirements and practical arrangements before collection.

We can discuss backup tapes and cartridges, including LTO formats, CDs, DVDs, removable drives and other physical media. Tell us the format and quantity so we can confirm whether it is suitable.

We can barcode accepted media and record it against your inventory, giving each item a unique reference to help us track it through collection, storage and return.

Email us with the item you need returned. Same-day or next-day delivery may be available depending on your location, request time and route; we'll confirm the options with you.

We provide physical storage and return of media. Your organisation or IT provider remains responsible for creating, encrypting, testing and restoring backups.

Tell us the media format and any environmental or handling requirements before collection. We'll confirm whether our facility is suitable before agreeing the service.

Ask Us About Off-Site Media Storage

Tell us the media formats, approximate quantity and collection postcode, and we'll discuss a suitable arrangement.

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