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Presentation on IT DR/Business Continuity for SME’s Peter Rhodes Business Development Manager Ian Grobler Technical Architect. NetCentrix Ltd.
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Presentation on IT DR/Business Continuity for SME’s Peter Rhodes Business Development Manager Ian Grobler Technical Architect NetCentrix Ltd
Remember!!IT is only ONE element of a DR/Business Continuity Solution “Business continuity is the activity performed by an organization to ensure that critical business functions will be available to their management, staff, customers, suppliers, regulators, and other entities that must have access to those functions…”
Todays Discussion • Todays Objectives • Who are NetCentrix? • DR/Business Continuity Locations • Options for IT DR/Business Continuity • Traditional IT DR/Business Continuity • The IT DR/Business Continuity “Truck” • Application based IT DR/Business Continuity • Host based IT DR/Business Continuity (Virtualisation) • “The Cloud” and IT DR/Business Continuity • Conclusion and Thoughts
Todays Objectives • Provide “Practical Advice” on IT DR/BC for SME’s • Discuss the options for IT DR/BC • Show that IT DR/BC is affordable for SME’s • Provide ideas for innovative and cost effective IT DR/BC solutions • Use of the latest proven IT technologies for DR/BC • Make you leave thinking “We can do that!!!” • To make you appreciate there is no “out of the box” DR/BC solution
Who are NetCentrix ? • IT Infrastructure Solutions Provider • Established 16 years. Based in Carnforth, Lancashire. • Have our own design, implementation & support team. • Nationwide customer base (Local Gov, NHS & Corporate). NetCentrix Customers RICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveys) North Cumbria NHS Lakeland Allerdale & Carlisle Councils Ryedale Borough Council Selby Council Yorkshire Dales National Park Dodd & Co Accountants Broadacres Housing Association Marsdenrawsthorn Solicitors MDA Marketing Beacon Medaes
DR/Business Continuity Locations • In the same building but in a separate physical location • In a local but separate building connected by fibre cable • Hosted on a remote company owned site via a communications link • Located within an external dedicated hosting centre • A shared DR/BC service with similar organisations/groups
Traditional IT DR/Business Continuity Primary Site – Typical IT Infrastructure
Traditional DR/Business Continuity Primary Site DR/BC Site SAN to SAN Replication Server & Application Replication
Traditional IT DR/Business Continuity Primary Site Disaster Live DR/BC Site
Virtualisation and DR/Business Continuity Virtualised Servers Single “Physical Server”
Virtualisation and DR/Business Continuity Primary Site DR/BC Site Live Production Server DR/BC Server “OFF”
Virtualisation and DR/Business Continuity Primary Site DR/BC Site Timed “Snapshot” Replication Live Production Server DR/BC Server “OFF”
Virtualisation and DR/Business Continuity Primary Site DR/BC Site Live DR/BC Server Production Server “OFF”
“The Cloud” and DR/Business Continuity Main Office Location
“The Cloud” and DR/Business Continuity Main Office Location
Conclusion and Thoughts • Every company is different – “NO one solution fits all organisations” • Full DR/BC is more than an IT solution – Look at your business as well as IT • Use of tools supplied with your applications can make DR/BC cost effective • The final deployed solution will be based upon a consultative approach • As part of the process - understand your “minimum” IT requirements • Your IT supplier will need to understand your business and staff rolls • A good IT supplier will understand how the latest software and hardware can help you to look at DR/BC cost effectively and seriously • Take up references from organisations who use the recommended technology. • Always make sure you can carry out a “none disruptive DR/BC test” • Test and review regularly as your IT systems change over time – your DR/BC today may not be your DR/BC tomorrow. • DR/BC is NOT an install and forget it solution.