Backup and Disaster Recovery
Backup and Data Recovery evolved from the time when computers came to use. During the early years of the computer revolution, backup was a process to keep a duplicate copy of the critical data in a secure vault in a remote location. Early stages of backup and data recovery disks, optical media were in use and eventually tapes, flash drives, NAS (Network Attached Storage), and SAN (Storage Area Network) took over the place. Tape backup is still a secondary choice even in the modern days of computing.
When we are planning for implementing Data Backup and Disaster Recovery, there are a few acronyms that come into the discussion such as ROBOs, RTO, RPO, Backup Window, Hot Target, Cold Target, etc. They are sometimes not easy to understand unless explained in detail.
The Common Acronyms When Discussing Backup and Disaster Recovery
Remote Office and Branch Offices (ROBOs) is the process of backing up Remote Offices and Branch Offices and storing them securely. This process has a great challenge in restoring the data as in each branch office may not have enough technically qualified IT staff to manage the operations.
Recovery Time Objective (RTO) is the duration of time and a service level agreement within which a business process must be restored after a disaster to avoid unacceptable consequences associated with a break in continuity. This is a simple answer to how soon the company requires its services back online in case of an unexpected event.
Recovery Point Objective (RPO) – is the volume of data a business can afford to lose or can be manually reconstructed after an unexpected incident. This point is crucial to schedule the backup process of certain data types during the implementation of data backup and disaster recovery solutions.
The backup Window is the time scheduled to run a backup. The backup window is configured based on the RPO. This means a backup window primarily helps the administrator effectively plan and run the backup process.
Cold Target is in Backup and Disaster Recovery refers to backup destinations such as disks, tapes, NAS storage, and SANs.
Hot Target refers to an immutable cloud or a secondary Backup and Disaster Recovery appliance.
Why is a Business Continuity Plan important?
We are living in a technology-driven world where every business depends heavily on computers and associated data. It is crucial for every organization to recover the data in case of an unpredicted event or a natural disaster to bring their operations back online. An efficient business continuity plan together with a reliable Backup and Disaster Recovery Solution is important to overcome any such incidents.
According to the most recent observations, it is been calculated that an organization or a business falls victim to Ransomware attacks in every 11 seconds!
As an MSP what is the role of Unique Golden Sands FZ LLE in setting up a Backup and Disaster Recovery Solution to ensure Business Continuity?
Unique Golden Sands together with one of the industry leaders in Enterprise Backup and Disaster Recovery solutions, Unitrends, provides you with state-of-the-art technology in Backup, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity. Unitrends offers you the best protection against ransomware attacks and enables 100% proof and confidence in your recoveries.
How do you choose the best Enterprise Backup and Disaster Recovery Solution?
When following best practices, it is recommended to store backups on your local appliance on a hot target (such as a secondary appliance or Unitrends Cloud), where data is immediately available for recovery, and a copy on cold media, such as disk, that’s taken securely off-site (off-network and immutable). Keep in mind that recovery from cold media, such as disk or tape, will have a longer Recovery Time Objective (RTO) as compared to a hot target. Use a combination of local and replicated backups to achieve local recovery objectives, meet long-term retention requirements, secure a copy of data from attacks on your local network and enable disaster recovery.
Unique Golden Sands are committed to supporting you in implementing a guaranteed Backup and Disaster Recovery solution to ensure your Business Continuity. Please feel free to contact us and get a consultation.