Disasters come in all shapes and sizes and can come at any time, uninvited and unwanted. Instead of being at risk of losing your data it is better to be fully prepared for it. It is good to see many companies setting up backup and disaster recovery plans for their systems and data but what makes a good DR plan?
Ensure backups and reliability? Offer fast recovery speeds? Ensure business continuity?
Yes, but it is a lot more than that. Let’s talk about some of the features which are a ‘must-have’ for a good DR appliance.
- Delta-Based Snapshots
With snapshots, you can create real-time snapshots of backup images. These backup images can be used to recover a certain state of the system and restore lost and corrupted data from any point in time.
- Replication: Synchronous & Asynchronous Replication
This enables users to configure real-time multi-site replication of data and nodes. So, if a node or a system face any failure, it can offer failover and fallback support and ensure that operations continue.
- Encrypted Backups
This is as simple as it sounds. All the backups are encrypted with AES 256-bit encryption and the data at transit is secured with SSL encryption which makes it even more secure even during transfers.
- Multiple Backup Destinations
As the name states, users can leverage multiple backup destinations. This enables them to setup on-premises, off-site and cloud-based backups for their mission-critical data. This means that there is no single point of failure and users can recover data from different sources.
- Faster RTOs & RPOs
Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objection (RPO) affect downtime directly. Having less RTOs and RPOs helps in reducing downtime and supports business continuity. This is done with services like instant VM restore and spin up servers, applications, databases and VMs on a hyper-converged backup appliance.
- Automated Recovery
Automated recovery enables users to recover remote sites and systems easily by accessing bootable media and restoring bare metal servers remotely over the Wide Area Network (WAN). Users can also automate the recovery process by customizing bootable media through scripting.
All the above features make a good DR Appliance. All these features, and many more, are offered by StoneFly’s Backup and Disaster Recovery Appliances (DR365, DR465V, DR365Z).
