Building a disaster recovery architecture with cloud and colocation

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  Disaster recovery in cloud offers opportunity, but not without risk

  Disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) provides IT with a cheaper alternative to traditional DR, but cloud-based backup also poses new challenges, such as the potential for unavailability after a major disaster and the need for increased network bandwidth. Read Now

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  For IT business continuity, is colocation or cloud the right choice?

  To make the right decision regarding IT business continuity, weigh the arguments for both colocation and cloud. For example, colocation might be more expensive in the long run, but in the cloud, you run the risk of a provider cutting corners. Read Now

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  Cloud, virtualization bring IT service continuity to wider base

  Traditional methods for DR and IT continuity, such as using a mirrored data center, can quickly drive up costs. Evaluate tools to manage workload transfers, and incorporate cloud or virtualization, to make a more affordable IT service continuity plan for your business. Read Now

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  Public cloud and managed colocation offer different DR perks

  Server management and quick access to data are two benefits for businesses when shifting disaster recovery to cloud or managed colocation -- but there are distinct differences between the two. Examine both options to make the right call. Read Now

1Manage disaster recovery policies and costs

Whether you use cloud or colocation for your disaster recovery architecture -- or even a secondary data center -- it's crucial to carefully review and manage DR policies, and to keep DR costs in check. Can costs be reduced with other measures, such as streamlined testing? What are your organization's recovery time objectives and recovery point objectives? Investigate where your DR strategy is working, and which areas can be boosted to create a safer plan in the event of a disaster.

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  Cost remains primary IT concern around DR

  DR is largely viewed as an insurance policy by business executives, but cost is still a primary concern when rolling out a DR strategy. DR expert Michael Herrera explains why this disconnect continues to exist. Read Now

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  Data center emergency reinforces importance of DR policies

  A serious data center emergency, such as a fire, proves how crucial disaster recovery policies are to an organization. To prepare for any nightmare scenario, examine the DR policies your company has in place, including the plan to transfer operations to a backup DR site. Read Now

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  Disaster recovery report highlights six faulty areas

  Following a data center disaster, a DR report outlining key failure points can help avoid major problems in the future. Here are six issues discovered, ranging from poor facility design to faulty cooling systems, in one real-world example. Read Now

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  Automate a node failover system for faster app restarts

  To restart applications as quickly as possible after a node fails in the data center, consider automating a failover system. Eliminate manual intervention and implement automation scripts to accelerate the restart process. Read Now

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  Explore options to increase business continuity on mainframes

  Building a DR and business continuity plan for mainframe applications can pose unique challenges. Consider partnering with a mainframe outsourcing partner or redesigning workloads for x86 servers, where possible. Read Now

2Big-name companies suffer big time after DR policies fail

Outages at companies including Delta Air Lines and Verizon shined a bright light on what happens to a business when its disaster recovery architecture fails. Learn how missteps ranging from a lack of redundancy to hardware failures can spark an outage -- and why a disaster recovery plan needs to be ironed out beforehand to prevent downtime.

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  Time-sensitive data center outages offer silver lining for DR future

  Software and hardware failures can cause data center outages that impact the bottom line at major companies -- but they're also an opportunity to learn. Explore the causes of an outage at Bloomberg, and what they taught IT pros about duplication and consistency. Read Now

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  JetBlue, Verizon downtime emphasizes importance of DR

  After a Verizon data center power failure knocked out JetBlue for multiple hours, other companies should look into their backup policies and uninterruptable power supply, and learn from this mistake. Read Now

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  Major downtime at Delta sparks bigger disaster recovery questions

  Outdated systems and a lack of redundancy grounded Delta Air Lines' IT systems in August 2016. Conduct DR planning and testing, and be cautious with legacy applications, to stay away from problems like this. Read Now