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Disaster recovery
Meet Service Level Objectives and implement appropriate Disaster Recovery plan
With Bull Disaster Recovery solution, different levels of SLA can be proposed and combined in a catalogue, based upon users request, technical feasibility, and cost. With a clear scope, SLA becomes a reference, and both IT providers and users may rely on it.
Bull Disaster Recovery solution addresses local roll-back to a bookmarked consistent state of data after software failure, or human/viral attack, as well as switching to a remote site operation, combined with the already mentioned roll-back, in the event of a huge disaster. Operations are performed with a very high and proved level of confidence.
Bull Disaster Recovery solution facilitates also periodic tests, run without any significant impact on production environment.
93% of companies which had to experience a disaster implying loss or unavailability of data for more than 10 days are down within the year (source : National Archives & Records Administration, Washington). Only one organization out of two had never had to invoke their disaster recovery plans in the past 5 year (source: Forrester Research, inc.)
Expert opinion
According to the CRIP survey in 2009, “30% of implemented disaster recovery solutions are not regularly or never tested”.
Switching to a disaster recovery mode is not an 'every day operation', and is done in a stressful crisis situation. No place is left for process adjustment or competencies search, and relying on a 'lucky star effect' is certainly not the best choice. It is a good practice to be accompanied by professional services to define DR architecture and test policies as well as to run the tests themselves.
Michel Lebugle, Bull StoreWay practice leader.
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