Check out our FAQs on disaster recovery and business continuity topics such as replication, WAN optimization, and failover and failback operations.
WAN clustering emerges to provide transparent failover between physical sites
Wide-area network (WAN) clustering involves clustering across physical locations to provide transparent failover between sites. Jeff Boles, senior analyst with Taneja Group, discusses WAN clustering in this Q&A.
Disaster recovery fundamentals FAQ
Disaster recovery (DR) impacts all aspects of IT, including storage, networking, data center management and data security. Pierre Dorion, data center practice director at Long View Systems Inc., answers the most common DR questions that IT professionals are asking.
Disk-based data backup for DR
Disk-based backup and remote disk-based data backup have become important tools for companies that want to get their data offsite but have short recovery time requirements. Pierre Dorion, data center practice director at Long View Systems Inc., discusses using disk-based backup for disaster recovery in this FAQ.
Disaster recovery planning and network services
While ensuring access to critical business data often drives disaster recovery (DR) planning, including network services in your DR plan can ensure business continuity. In this FAQ, Carrie Higbie, global director for data center solutions at the Siemon Company, discusses the role of network services in DR planning.
Workforce continuity and disaster recovery
While ensuring that the IT infrastructure is up and running is a crucial part of disaster recovery, you still need to provide users with the ability to work. Therefore, workforce continuity must be part of any effective DR plan. In this interview, business continuity specialist Pierre Dorion discusses the importance of ensuring workforce continuity.
Disaster recovery replication FAQ
With the increasing availability of replication products, many are turning to this technology as part of a DR strategy to address tighter recovery time objectives (RTOs). W. Curtis Preston, executive editor and independent backup expert, discusses replication in the DR space in this FAQ.
Disaster recovery services FAQ
Dick Benton, senior consultant with GlassHouse Technologies answers frequently asked questions about outsourcing DR.
Disaster recovery testing FAQ
Pierre Dorion, data center practice director at Long View Systems Inc., discusses the importance of testing in a DR plan and best practices for ensuring the effectiveness of a test.
Failover and failback operations FAQ
Wide area network (WAN) acceleration and optimization can produce numerous benefits by reducing the traffic you're transmitting to remote locations. Check out this FAQ guide to learn about the significance of WAN optimization in the DR space from Jeff Boles, Senior Analyst with the Taneja Group.
Failover and failback in server virtualization environments FAQ
Failover and failback operations can be crucial to the success of a DR plan. Jeff Boles, Senior Analyst with the Taneja Group, discusses the significance of failover and failback operations in the server virtualization environment to help organizations maximize their DR efforts.
Mobile data recovery services for disaster recovery FAQ
Paul Kirvan details the pros and cons of mobile recovery services and important things to consider when deciding if a mobile recovery service is right for your needs.
Remote data center management for disaster recovery purposes
Kyle Rankin, systems architect with Quinstreet Inc. and president of the North Bay Linux Users Group, discusses the pros and cons of remote data center management in this FAQ.
The role of tape in disaster recovery
Despite the growth of remote backup over the network, tape is still a key element in disaster recovery (DR) plans. Pierre Dorion, data center practice director at Long View Systems Inc., answers common tape backup questions as they relate to DR.
WAN acceleration and optimization FAQ
WAN acceleration and optimization can produce numerous benefits by reducing the traffic you're transmitting to remote locations. Check out this FAQ guide to learn about the significance of WAN optimization in the DR space from Jeff Boles, Senior Analyst with the Taneja Group.
