Data Backup and Disaster Recovery

Performing dependable backup and restore operations is a critical function. Unfortunately, many organizations do not have comprehensive strategies because open systems have been implemented in an incremental fashion. It is not unusual for IT shops to employ individuals to do nothing but change tapes.

Data is at the core of every enterprise. For a company to risk losing years of accounting data, customer lists or inventory simply because the data was not backed up is an unacceptable business practice. There are numerous choices when it comes to backing up your data depending on your organizations data-security needs, here are some of the solutions we offer:

• Tape Solutions
  
  One of the most popular choices when it comes to backing up data is the magnetic tape drive. You can backup vast amounts of data on to a tape for safe keeping and to free up hard drive space. This method also has the advantage of letting you pick and choose what files you want backed up and only backing them up.
  
  
• Snap Shot Solutions
  
  With this type of backup, a “snap shot” of the current server data structure is taken, thus the server can be restored to that exact state at any time. Additional “snap shots” only record the changes to the original “snap shot”.
  
  
• Replication Solutions
  
  Lastly, one if the best ways to ensure as little down-time as possible with complete data recovery is to have an entire server replicate its data to an identical server in our off-site disaster recovery center. This guarantees that, should the unthinkable happen to a mission-critical server, the off-site server can be brought up, causing minimal disruption to your operations.
  
  
• Disaster Recovery
  
  In the event of the unthinkable, Jolera is on call to help you recover as much of your data as possible and get your doing business quickly. Utilizing data recovery tools and quick implementation solutions, your business will be up and running in no time while retaining as much of your pre-crash data as possible. Listed below are a few of those solutions:
  
  
  • Hot Site Solutions
    
    Hot-Site solutions allow immediate recovery of system, data, and application functionality. Jolera has designed this for businesses that can not tolerate any downtime in their mission-critical environments and the implementation of our systems will save you time and money during a time sensitive recovery project.
    
    
  • Cold Site Solutions
    
    Jolera’s Cold Site solution provides businesses with guaranteed access to reliable bandwidth and secure and redundant data center space in one of Jolera’s multihomed facilities. The solution enables customers to have equipment quickly shipped and configured to resume production operations in the event a disaster is declared. Our Cold Site solutions provide the greatest insurance against disaster that you can find.

Refer to the article below for best practices in using tape backups: http://www.cbltech.com/articles/tape-recovery-top7.html

Jolera systems engineers have in-depth expertise in the design and implementation of cost effective and reliable backup solutions. Contact us today for more information - how important is your data to your business?