With the new year, it’s common to re-evaluate current business processes and technologies. We are talking to more and more companies that are thinking about moving to the cloud and we know it can potentially be a big move. Businesses need the right technology, the right migration path, the right execution and support for successful implementation and use. In addition, business owners are also looking at the cost - which always poses the question:
A fun post for Halloween..enjoy!
“You know it’s Halloween…. everyone’s entitled to one good scare, eh?” This is exactly what businesses don’t want to hear when referencing their datacenter. To spare our customer from reliving this horror, names have been changed to protect their identities*.
As a CSP, we speak daily about disaster recovery and over the years we have seen many definitions to what Disaster Recovery means to different people. Not every business is going to need to recover the same way, but Net3 has universal steps and actions that can be taken to better prepare for a DR event. In the past, we have given a 4 step guide for your DR plan, but let’s dig deeper into was it really means to be prepared.
First and foremost, when it comes to backups and disaster recovery– we always recommend the 3-2-1 rule. Whatever may happen: ransomware, disaster, equipment craps out, etc. – a copy of company data should be off site. This means either building or renting a duplicate datacenter at a different location, OR utilizing the cloud.
A 4 Step Guide for your Disaster Recovery plan
True Disaster Recovery is taking data from one site to another where it will be safe and separate from the event you encounter. There are many factors that separate a great DR plan from good one such as infrastructure, cloud provider, replication technology, cost, etc. Though every business prioritizes their plan differently, this checklist is essential to make sure your DR plan is the best it can be for business continuity: