Many businesses rely on classic backup tapes to repair lost data. This method often turns out to be inefficient, because businesses can only repair data up to the time of the last backup.
Cheops will create a picture of the client's needs in the area of Disaster Recovery, before proposing a suitable solution.
An important concept in this context is RTO (Recovery Time Objective).
Recovery Time Objective is the maximum acceptable time that a system, application or network can be allowed to be unavailable.
The other important parameter is RPO (Recovery Point Objective).
RPO is the point in time we need to be able to return to when "restoring" data.
Techniques which Cheops makes use of to meet the intended Recovery Point objectives include:
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Synchrone mirroring of storage volumes
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Snapshotting + Replication
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Backup/Restore + externalisation van tapes
Continuous replication of your data will provide optimal RPO.
Cheops can make your current servers completely failure-proof by replicating them onto a server at another location (preferably our own DataCenter). If there is a problem with your server(s), your users will simply keep working without any problem. Switching over to the replication server happens automatically or manually and is fully transparent for users, who will not notice the switch.
Cheops will sit down with you and make a realistic assessment of the risks: critical data, customer data, e-mail, financial data, etc., so we have a clear overview of the degree to which certain systems, applications and data are critical to your business.
For the synchronous and asynchronous replication of data, Cheops works closely with CA, which provides a remarkable application with its XOsoft Assured Recovery software.
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