Disaster Recovery Planning Charlotte Cooper 24 th February 2011

1. Disaster Recovery Planning Charlotte Cooper 24th February 2011

2. Top DR Roadblocks • Lack of planning, resources and time • Lack of knowledge or expertise • Setting unrealistic deadlines • Lack of practice or exercise

3. The Keys to Success • Understand what keeps your business going • Calculate the cost of downtime • Get the data out of the building • Think beyond tape to achieve your recovery objectives • Practice: Make sure you really can restore in different situations • Think about people, policies and priorities

4. How Can We Assist?

5. Physical. Virtual. Cloud. Solutions for availability in physical, virtual, and cloud environments Cloud Physical Virtual

6. Real-Time Replication • Replication Engine • No backup window • Continuous replication transmits changes as they occur rather than requiring downtime to scan for changes • Less data loss (superior RPO) • The faster changes are transmitted off the source, the less risk there is of data loss • WAN efficient • Byte-level replication sends less than block-level • Configurable compression levels • Intelligent buffering and resynchronization for high-latency and network outage scenarios Remote Office Consolidation Disaster Recovery Remote Availability Remote Office Headquarters DRLocation

7. Replication and Recovery Options

8. Summary • Be Cost-Effective • DR solutions exist for all organizations, large & small • Be Smart • Get the data out of the building! • Be Resourceful • Use a DR solution that protects a wide range of applications • Be Consistent • HA & DR should be part of the same solution to ensure business continuity • Be Proactive • Don’t wait for the disaster, prepare for it.

9. Q&A Charlotte Cooper Cloud & SPLA Chanel Partner Manager Charlotte.Cooper@visionsolutions.com