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For Accounting

QuickBooks server. Sage. Tax returns. Backed up properly.

Accounting firms live on shared databases — QuickBooks, Sage, ProSeries. App-consistent backups (real VSS) are non-negotiable; crash-consistent gives you corrupt-on-restore databases. BigMind Resilience ships real VSS coordination on every paid tier.

BigMind Resilience audit and compliance log — app-consistent VSS coverage with a full activity trail for an accounting practiceClick to enlarge
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uptime SLA
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Type II infrastructure
audited controls
0M+
files per device
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0+ yrs
retention horizon
IRS Circular 230 §10.28

The pain

Accounting firms run on databases that can't be imaged hot.

Shared application servers maintain transaction logs, in-flight writes, and indices. Image them while they're live and crash-consistent, and you get a backup that fails to restore. Most firms also run on tiny IT budgets — they can't afford an enterprise DR vendor, and they can't afford to be wrong about whether their backups work.

Shared database servers

QuickBooks Database Server Manager, Sage 50/300, ProSeries, and Drake are SQL-style application servers with transaction logs, in-flight writes, and indices that must be quiesced before they are imaged.

Crash-consistent backups corrupt

A crash-consistent backup of a live database produces a backup that fails to restore — or restores corrupt. App-consistent imaging is not optional for an accounting practice.

Tax-season ransomware risk

From late January through April every staff machine touches the QuickBooks server constantly. A ransomware hit then means missed filing deadlines, IRS penalties for clients, and a potential malpractice claim.

App-Consistent VSS

Real SQL VSS Writer coordination — not a disk-quiesce shortcut.

The backup quiesces the QuickBooks or Sage database, captures a clean point-in-time image, and releases. That's the difference between a restore that opens your books and one that opens a corrupt file. App-consistent VSS ships on every paid tier.

  • QuickBooks Database Server Manager and Sage 50/300 via the Microsoft SQL VSS Writer
  • ProSeries and Drake supported on the same VSS Writer pattern
  • MSSQL on a fund-admin server covered on the Pro tier
How app-consistent backup works
BigMind Resilience image list — app-consistent point-in-time recovery points for an accounting serverClick to enlarge
WORM-immutable storage

Lock tax records for 7 years — even an admin can't delete them.

WORM-immutable retention (Pro) holds client returns for the full IRS horizon. Once a file is locked, it can't be altered or deleted before its retention period elapses — not by ransomware, and not by an administrator account.

  • 7-year retention lock aligned to IRS Circular 230 §10.28
  • Immutable copies survive a ransomware event on the production server
  • State-board retention requirements layer cleanly on top
WORM-immutable retention
BigMind Resilience WORM-immutable retention settings for locking accounting recordsClick to enlarge
4-Track Retention

GFS rotation plus a long-tail track for the 7+ year horizon.

A standard GFS schedule keeps daily, weekly, and monthly restore points close at hand, while a dedicated long-tail track carries the multi-year history that tax records and audit requirements demand — without paying hot-storage prices for old data.

  • Grandfather-Father-Son rotation for recent recovery points
  • A long-tail track built for the 7+ year IRS retention window
  • Automated lifecycle moves aging data to lower-cost tiers
Retention policies
BigMind Resilience retention policies — GFS schedule with a long-tail track for multi-year accounting recordsClick to enlarge
Ransomware Canary

Deterministic mid-attack detection on the QuickBooks server.

The ransomware canary watches for the signature of encryption in progress and flags it deterministically — it is not an AI-trained classifier. Catching an attack mid-stream, before it spreads, is what keeps your immutable copies clean. Free in every paid tier.

  • Deterministic detection — not an AI-trained model
  • Catches encryption in progress on the live QB server
  • Included free in every paid Resilience tier
How the canary works
BigMind Resilience ransomware canary alert — mid-attack detection on a backed-up serverClick to enlarge

Pricing entry

Right-sized for a practice, not an enterprise.

Start a small firm on a flat annual price, scale a growing practice per user, and add WORM-immutable retention only where compliance requires it.

1 QB server · ≤15 users

$119/yr

BigMind DR Pro on a flat annual price — covers one QuickBooks server for a small practice of up to 15 users.

10-user firm + 1 server

~$1,200/yr

Standard at $10/user/mo — cloud DR, the 5 recovery paths, and the ransomware canary for a typical 10-person firm.

Compliance-heavy firm

~$2,880/yr

Pro at $24/user/mo adds WORM-immutable retention for firms that lock tax records for the full 7-year horizon.

Per-user pricing is per user, not per device. Workspaces: 10 on Standard, unlimited on Pro. Annual billing saves 17%. See full pricing →

Trust signals

Proof points for the partners who sign off.

99.9% uptime SLA · SOC 2 Type II

Audited SOC 2 Type II infrastructure backing a 99.9% uptime SLA, with 10M+ files supported per device.

Free migration assistance

Moving off Veeam or Acronis? Free migration assistance is included on 50+ seats — bring your existing backup estate across.

FAQ

Questions accounting firms ask first.

Will the backup actually work for QuickBooks?

Yes. App-consistent VSS is real Microsoft SQL VSS Writer coordination — not a VSS quiesce-the-disk shortcut. The database is quiesced, imaged at a clean point in time, and released.

Sage 50, Sage 300, ProSeries?

All supported via the same VSS Writer pattern used for QuickBooks Database Server Manager.

What about MSSQL on a fund-admin server?

Yes — the Pro tier covers MSSQL VSS.

Where's macOS?

Windows and Linux are supported at launch. macOS DR is on the roadmap.

Protect your financial data.

App-consistent VSS, WORM-immutable retention, and mid-attack ransomware detection — sized for an accounting practice.

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