Disaster Recovery Plans Custom tailored to fit your specific needs.
Disaster Recovery is the art of preparing your business systems and hosted applications for the unexpected. The unexpected could mean anything from a 5-minute hiccup to a catastrophic event.
There are 4 main reasons that drive the need for a DR plan:
- Mission Critical Applications (emergency systems, financial systems, high volume)
- Compliance (PCI & HIPAA both require DR plans)
- Protection (Survival – it's estimated that 40% of businesses will fail if their data is lost)
- Rapid Recovery (improving recovery time from both minor and large scale events)
Your needs and tolerances are unique, and a one-size fits all approach does not apply. FireHost is your ideal partner to help map, plan, and deploy a DR solution tailored specifically for your business. Understanding the objectives of your DR solution starts with one of these core concepts:
The Basics
Generally a mix of onsite (hosted) and on-premise (your location) systems, ideal for those who do not need rapid recovery but cannot afford to lose even 1 day of data.
- Protection: data and core files
- Recovery speed: moderate
Warm Site
Geographic redundancy bridging two data centres with a replication method in place. This solution is built to retain core functionality and protect data. It’s ideal for those with complex configurations but whose recovery times are not critical to the minute.
- Protection: full system and data
- Recovery speed: rapid
Hot Site
Geographic redundancy with instant failover. This solution bridges two data centres with a replication method in place, and also involved a DNS failover system. This solution is built to make recovery events seamless to your end users. It’s ideal for scenarios where downtime would have an immediate business or safety impact.
- Protection: full system and data
- Recovery: Immediate
Every business should have a plan. Find out how we can help you stay protected, contact us today.
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