Disaster Recovery

White Paper: FalconStor

Having a business continuity disaster recovery (BCDR) plan is critical to an organization’s success and it is up to you to choose the best DR solution to meet your business needs. Creating a good recovery plan begins with defining recovery objectives and aligning the BCDR strategy with business requirements. A good BCDR plan identifies your recovery objectives and then aligns your strategy to your business requirements. This white paper discusses some disaster recovery (DR) strategies and challenges that an organization might face while creating a business continuity and disaster recovery plan. Elements of a good DR plan Strategies the customers can use to meet ROI recovery requirements Two types of recovery: manual on-premise and automated Recovery in the Cloud with Amazon Web Services (AWS)

White Paper: FalconStor

Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) is a smart solution when you have a limited budget. With DRaaS, you can virtualize your data and keep a current copy of your data in the cloud – on which ever cloud service provider you choose. This whitepaper is intended as a guideline for customers planning to deploy a DRaaS cloud solution. It provides a brief overview of latest technology, concepts, and simple disaster recovery cloud solution examples. Potential challenging aspects of moving to a cloud deployment The biggest cloud service providers On-premise AWS storage gateway with cloud-based S3 storage Deploy an FSS server from the Azure marketplace This gives you the power to seamlessly migrate, recover, and protect data in the cloud without tying your business to specific hardware, networks, or protocols

White Paper: Unitrends

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery were the most commonly cited reasons (60%) for having adopted Cloud-based solutions for backup and recovery. Enterprises acknowledge that cloud backups and recovery are required to maintain business operations and business continuity. The ability to recover data, when needed, in a cost effective manner was widely cited as one of the main criteria used to select a particular Cloud service. This whitepaper takes a look at both the advantages for those who have transitioned to cloud solutions and drawbacks for those who haven’t. Key takeaways from this whitepaper: Characteristics of today’s retention landscape Business Continuity, not simply Data Recovery, is the actual requirement Are Cloud-based backup & recovery solutions being used to address these needs? Benefits of using the cloud for backup, recovery and business continuity Criteria used to select Cloud solutions Hindrances to adoption of Cloud-based solutions for backup and recovery