Backup & Recovery Architecture

Making sure that your organization has the ability to recover data should a disk or system failure occur is a basic tenant of good IT administration.  Sadly, it is also one of the most overlooked and ignored tasks.

Backup and recovery planning begins by prioritizing your most critical systems and data.  Next you must identify two important metrics for each of your critical systems.  The first is the recovery time objective and the second is the recovery point objective.  These two objectives, which are based on business needs and risk tolerance, should frame the architecture for selecting and implementing backup and recovery technologies.

Often companies take what has been done in the past and simply upgrade that from a capacity and speed standpoint, not taking into account how the business requirements have changed.  Moreover, a common and often fatal mistake is never testing the recovery process, so when it is finally needed it fails.

If you are considering upgrades to your servers and storage subsystems, it is prudent for you to also consider whether your backup and recovery strategy need to be evaluated as well.  We invite you to call us and schedule a one-on-one meeting to learn how Cnetics can assist you in architecting and implementing a reliable and tested solution to your businesses critical IT needs.