traditional backup is broken. here's why you should move to a hybrid cloud solution
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Can you quantify how much every minute of downtime can cost your organization? Did you know that 1 in 5 recoveries aren’t meeting the expectations of its business stakeholders? As an IT professional, are you satisfied with the level of protection your backup and recovery solution is providing you? In a recent survey done by ESG, nearly one-fourth of IT professionals have an RTO of 15 minutes or less, while 62% have an RTO of 3 hours or less. Recovery time objectives have been decreasing not just for critical or “high priority” applications, but for “normal” production workloads as well. Ultimately, companies today have very little tolerance for any application downtime (Try out this Downtime Calculator to estimate your costs). With legacy solutions, meeting your RTO may be more challenging than you think. Your objective is to build a system that provides recovery capabilities such as snapshots, replications, instant failover and more, right? Here is the analogy that ESG uses: “replacing an apple with an apple, or, in this case, a backup solution with another backup solution, doesn’t necessarily resolve the root problem of tight SLA’s or faster recovery rates. Why not try something new, and replace your current apple with an orange? Or why not add an entire fruit salad in order to have different solutions for different workloads.” Consider the following products for your different workloads: Local recovery, so an onsite asset will always be part of the deal Look to the cloud as a platform: this can be a place to failover to for DR and BC-related reasons The cloud provides organizations of all sizes with a secondary site for BC and DR, and can be used as a data center “on demand.” However, setting up a solution like this may require additional set-up and managing bandwidth. Instead, ESG suggests looking at a vendor that provides a consolidated hybrid solution that will ultimately reduce your total cost of ownership. Check out some of the benefits: A solution that leverages the cloud for data protection that is cost effective Physical and virtual data protection capabilities with an on premise appliance and a cloud data center for BC/DR Able to spin up your entire office in the cloud in case of a disaster Granular file recovery and local server failover This is a different way to truly ensure that your data and services are accessible and your employees remain productive.TRANSCRIPT
Traditional backup is broken.
Here’s why you should move to a hybrid cloud solution.
Can you quantify how much every minute of downtime can
cost your organization?
Did you know that 1 in 5 recoveries aren’t meeting the expectations of its business stakeholders?
“Nearly one-fourth of IT professionals have an RTO of 15 minutes or less, while 62% have an RTO of 3 hours or less.”
- ESG
“High Priority” Applications
“Normal” production workloads
Downtime Tolerance, based on RTOs
So, how can you be sure to meet your RTO?
Legacy solutions make it challenging.
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Legacy solutions make it challenging.
Your objective is to build a system that provides recovery capabilities such as snapshots, replications, instant failover, and more, right?
Photo by Nina Matthews Photography
Consider this analogy.
Photo by Jeff Kubina
“Replacing an apple with an apple, or in this case a backup solution with another backup solution, doesn’t necessarily resolve the root problem of tight SLA’s or faster recovery rates…”
“Try something new, and replace your current apple with an orange. Or why not add an entire fruit salad in order to
have different solutions for different workloads.”
- ESG
What does this mean?
With different workloads, you’ll need different types of
protection. Consider the following:
Local recovery – so an onsite asset will always be part of the deal.
Cloud – look to the cloud as a platform: this can be a place to failover for DR and BC related reasons.
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The cloud provides organizations of all sizes with a secondary site for business continuity and disaster recovery. Think of this as a data center “on demand.”
BUT, setting up a solution like this may require additional set-up and managing bandwidth.
“Instead, look at a vendor that provides a hybrid solution.”
- ESG
Okay…but how will that help?
A consolidated hybrid solution will ultimately reduce your total
cost of ownership.
So…what are some of the benefits of a hybrid solution?
Leverages the cloud for data protection and it’s cost effective
Robert S. Donovan
Provides physical and virtual data protection capabilities with an on premise appliance
and a cloud data center for BC/DR
You’re able to spin up your entire office in the cloud in case of a disaster.
John Seb, CC-SA
It will also provide granular application recovery and local
server failover.
Hybrid Data Protection is a different way to truly ensure that your data and services are accessible and your employees remain productive.
Learn more about hybrid cloud technology in this blog.
Watch the ESG video on hybrid cloud for data protection.
The Axcient Solution
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