In case of a disaster our solution will provide access to the most important business information in the predefined time frame.
Once we set up the recovery point objective (RPO) and recovery time objective (RTO) we can determine the most suitable recovery strategy for each system.
The following is a list of the most common strategies for data protection.
- Backups made to tape and sent off-site at regular intervals (preferably daily)
- Backups made to disk on-site and automatically copied to off-site disk, or made directly to off-site disk
- Replication of data to an off-site location, which overcomes the need to restore the data (only the systems then need to be restored or synced). This generally makes use of storage area network (SAN) technology
- High availability systems which keep both the data and system replicated off-site, enabling continuous access to systems and data
In addition to prevent a disaster in the first place we include the following:
- Local mirrors of systems and/or data and use of disk protection technology such as RAID
- Surge protectors - to minimize the effect of power surges on delicate electronic equipment
- Uninterruptible power supply (UPS) and/or backup generator to keep systems going in the event of a power failure
- Fire preventions - alarms, fire extinguishers
- Anti-virus software and other security measures
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