Part II: Backup and Disaster Recovery
Originally Posted By Joshua Shackelford on Successful Thinkers Meetup
What do you need? 
In Part I, we discussed the 3 types of scenarios we are trying to meet. We are looking to archive our data, recover from the occasional oops, and then of course the ever so important, disaster recovery. While archival needs vary from holding data for a couple of weeks, a few years, 10 years or even forever, everyone needs to be able to recover from the occasional oops and, the heaven forbid, disaster. Through out all three of these cases we are looking to maintain business continuity. Enter Verve’s Backup and Disaster Recovery solution, or BDR.
Archival
Archival dictates how much storage you need. If you are looking to store your data for a few months, or even years, your requirements will be a lot less than someone who needs to hold data for 10 years or in the case of banking, forever. The solution that I’m going to propose will be able to securely store your data for any length of time. You don’t have to worry about cycling tapes.
Our solution comprises of:
- Disk-based BDR device to be deployed onsite at client location.
- Built-in virtualization software that provides a Standby Server if a server fails.
- Features that enable recovering a single email, mailbox, file OR database.
- Redundant datacenters replicate data offsite coupled with services to recover data in case of site failure.
- 24x7 monitoring and maintenance of NAS device through Network Operations Center (NOC) on select models with various service plans.
- Comprehensive 3 year warranty standard with each BDR.
Oops! I deleted a file
With our BDR, you can quickly load up a secure interface that will present you with your files. Simply select a file and choose a destination to restore the file to, and your done. You have just recovered a deleted file, without hunting through tapes, hoping that the one that you need is one site, and not at the owners house.
Oh No! We lost the entire server! 
Maybe you had a fire, a flood, or simply lost power to your air-conditioning unit, causing your servers to over heat. A more common occurrence is the random filed hardware, from mother boards to hard drives. In this case, our BDR can act as a temporary server, spinning up the last backup of your data from just 15 minutes ago. And if you the whole building went down, you could spin up your last online backup from our servers, to put you back in business within hours.
The best setup with our BDR is to do regular backups through out the day to the local BDR, and then to push a nightly back up to our servers, offsite. Giving you quick local backups, and quick data restoration, while still being able to send your data offsite in case of a major disaster.
Our Backup and Disaster Recovery solution is powered by the tried and true, enterprise backup software, ShadowProtect by StorageCraft.
| Tape | BDR |
|---|---|
| Could take up to 48-72 hours to restore a failed server* | Built-in virtualization provides a Standby Server in less than 30 minutes |
| Often takes hours to days to restore based on where tapes are located | Recover a single file or a single mailbox item in minutes |
| Offsite storage can be expensive and tapes are often taken to an employee's home as an alternative | Utilize our datacenter or replicate to another BDR at your own site |
| Recovering data from tape takes many steps and replacement hardware isn’t always available | Next day delivery services are provided with the Standby Server ready to host servers |
This solution is available by Verve Networks.
Originally Posted By Joshua Shackelford on Successful Thinkers Meetup
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