As your business expands, the volume of data crucial for serving your customers also increases. It’s imperative to ensure reliable backup solutions that promise uninterrupted access to data during disasters. Business Data Recovery Solutions are indispensable for safeguarding critical information, particularly in highly regulated sectors like healthcare and financial services, where compliance regulations necessitate secure and recoverable data. So, how do you get started?
Assess Your Data Recovery Needs
To begin, take an active approach in assessing your data recovery needs. Analyze your requirements realistically. Evaluate the current volume of data and anticipate its growth in the next 5-10 years. Identify the systems you utilize and their hosting locations. Determine the frequency of necessary backups and prioritize crucial files in case of emergencies. Additionally, assess the required level of security for your data. By thoroughly evaluating your environment, you’ll gain better insight into the appropriate recovery options.
Distinguishing Backup from Recovery
Traditional backup methods may be familiar, such as weekly tape drive backups or attached storage in your server room, particularly for smaller businesses. However, envision a scenario where a fire occurs at your primary site. Do you have a designated location for restoring your backups? If not, or if backing up large datasets daily poses challenges for larger companies, consider adopting a cloud environment for a comprehensive disaster recovery solution.
Is Cloud Backup Sufficient for Recovery?
Cloud backup involves storing your business data on off-site servers, commonly referred to as “the cloud,” for retrieval in case of data loss. While cloud backup might suffice if you have a modest amount of data, consider the potential time required for restoring large datasets. Although restoring a single file may take minutes, restoring significant data volumes could span weeks. Do you possess the necessary expertise onsite to restore files and databases to available hardware? If not, contemplating a cloud disaster recovery solution is advisable.
Exploring Disaster Recovery/DRaaS Solutions
Differentiating between cloud backup and disaster recovery lies in their scope. While backup primarily covers files and databases, disaster recovery encompasses the infrastructure essential for complete business restoration.
Through Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS), both data and applications can be recovered, facilitating the restoration of critical IT infrastructure or vital business files.
Tailoring Solutions to Your Needs
The speed of recovery hinges on your business’ recovery time objectives (RTOs) and recovery point objectives (RPOs). Within DRaaS, balancing the benefits against various price points is crucial. For instance, evaluate how much downtime (RTO) your business can endure for a specific application. Additionally, RPO determines the maximum timeframe after a disaster before data loss occurs. Therefore, assessing the extent of data loss acceptable during replication is essential. There’s a significant price disparity between instant infrastructure duplication and allowing a 10-minute recovery window, for example. Consulting a DRaaS professional can assist in determining the optimal solution for your business.
DRaaS via Veeam® Cloud Connect
Veeam® facilitates DRaaS as part of a comprehensive availability strategy, leveraging virtualization and storage investments in your datacenter and extending them through the hybrid cloud. With EDSI’s Veeam Extreme solution, your entire IT infrastructure and files are securely backed up through Veeam Cloud Connect in the event of a disaster.
For companies already utilizing Veeam backup services, this solution offers a straightforward approach to securely send data offsite while benefiting from the best that DRaaS has to offer, including:
- Fast, flexible failover of specific VMs or an entire site
- Streamlined failback with zero data loss and minimal disruption to users
- Recovery assurance, including support for replica and failover testing and alternating production between sites
- Seamless integration with Veeam user interfaces, workflows and data collection
To discover more about Veeam backup and recovery solutions from EDSI, please contact us today.
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