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Back up Management with Storage Area NetworksData is normally considered to be a business's most valuable asset and effective data backup is essential for business continuity, disaster recovery and to meet increasing data legislative requirements. Post the events of September 11th, business continuity and disaster recovery, (through an effective back up strategy) is much higher on the business agenda. However, as many businesses have distributed storage, this makes effective data backup expensive and time consuming. Moreover, distributed storage increases the chance of human error, data loss and increases downtime which equates to lost profit. Traditional backup methods do little to protect businesses should the worst happen (i.e. fire, flood) as all the data and back ups will be lost. There are viable and robust alternatives to traditional backup methods to enable business continuity and disaster recovery. Centralising your data storage on a Storage Area Network (SAN) will enable your business to implement an effective back up strategy, reduce administration and downtime costs. SAN's accelerate and simplify the back up process and will deliver a better service to your business. |
How a SAN will benefit Backup Management
- Reduce backup costs - human error accounts for most backup problems
- Automation of back ups - reduced manual intervention reduces the possibility of error
- Reduced manual intervention - reduces administrative costs, less time is required to run the back up system
- Increased availability - the back up process does not interfere with the LAN and so downtime is not required
- Reduced operating costs - less physical tape required
- Reduce personnel overheads - less people are needed to manage the backup process
- Data can be restored quickly - in a matter of minutes, not hours
- Multiple tapes can be created - one for the onsite library, one to be taken offsite for disaster recovery
There are clear business benefits in centralising storage on a SAN and this is a major step towards formulating a backup strategy. To ensure your business does not have a single point of failure, basic also provide Clustering and Replication services.
If you are considering a SAN installation or are looking to develop an effective Back up strategy, Disaster Recovery or Business Continuity strategy, basic can work with you to define and implement the most appropriate solution. basic's consultants can assess your current backup strategy, test its robustness and together, work with you to formulate and implement the new solution to ensure business continuity and disaster recovery for your business.
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