The essentials series virtualization and disaster recovery sponsored by

The Essentials Series

Virtualization and Disaster Recovery
sponsored by

by J. Peter Bruzzese

  Article 1: Data Protection in a Virtualized Environment ........................................................................ 1  An Overview of Virtualization: Enhanced Protection with Less Hardware ............................... 1 Cost Savings of a Mirrored Site (Fewer Systems and Personnel) .............................................. 2  Facilitation of Testing ................................................................................................................................... 3  The Rules Regarding Traditional Data Protection Are Not Deprecated ...................................... 4 Move Data Quickly and Cost Effectively Across the WAN .................................................................. 5  The Benefits of an Effective Data Protection and Recovery Strategy ........................................... 5  Article 2: Leveraging Virtualization for High Availability and Business Continuity ................... 7  High‐Availability and Business Continuity Benefits from Virtualization .................................... 7 An Overview of Replication‐Based Technologies .................................................................................. 8  Levels of High‐Availability Resiliency ..................................................................................................... 10  Common Replication Configurations .................................................................................................. 10 Ensuring Critical Business Functions ...................................................................................................... 11  Regulatory Compliance within a Virtualized Environment ........................................................... 12  Summary .............................................................................................................................................................. 12 Article 3: Replication and Recovery Management Solutions ............................................................. 13  Pricing Models Come in All Shapes and Sizes....................................................................................... 13 Server Virtualization ROI .............................................................................................................................. 14  Selling the Solution .......................................................................................................................................... 16  Purchase a Virtualization Solution ....................................................................................................... 16 Rent a Virtualization Solution ................................................................................................................ 16  Summary .............................................................................................................................................................. 17 

 

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