A Business Continuity Plan (BCP) is the blueprint for how a business plans to survive everything from a local equipment failure to a global disaster. Data –oriented BCP, an indispensable component of business planning regardless of organization size, poses the several challenges. Smaller businesses generally  lack the in-house or off site IT resources and/or knowledge to achieve

Highlights of the Service:

• Eliminates the cost and time of managing on-site backup. We monitor and manage the entire process and validate backup data!
• A complete solution that is designed to reduce any server down time with the use of a specialized back up and virtual server appliance.
• Allows near real-time backups-as frequent as every 30 minutes.
• Off-site remote data backup to high-level replicated Data Centers in Brisbane and other  state capitals at a very affordable cost.
• All aspects of the on-site and off-site solution are fully monitored and managed 365*7*24.
• File and Folder level restoration in minutes.
• Server Virtualization as quickly as 1-hour if a protected server fails.
• Bare metal restorations to dissimilar hardware in the event a failed server needs to be replaced.

Executive Summary

Recent studies have shown that of companies experiencing a “major” loss of computer data, 43 percent never reopened their business, while 51 percent closed within two years of that loss and a sheer 6 percent actually survived in the long-term. These statistics suggest the necessity of implementing a Business Continuity Plan strategy augmented for the requirements of your small and medium-sized businesses (SMB).

Unlike major enterprises, smaller companies do not optimize in-house backup strategies and solutions and face unnecessary consequences. These companies are at an elevated risk of being put out of business due to any major loss of data. “Loss of data” can consist of the loss of emails, accounting data, patient or client files, company records, client legal records or orders and so on. This white paper will evaluate the scope of BCP for smaller companies by examining their challenges and possible currently implemented solutions and their drawbacks. We will also discuss how our solution overcomes commonly faced challenges to offer the optimal solution for data recovery and business continuity planning (BCP).

Business Continuity Planning for Small and Medium Sized Businesses

A Business Continuity Plan (BCP) is the blueprint for how a business plans to survive everything from a local equipment failure to a global disaster. Data –oriented BCP, an indispensable component of business planning regardless of organization size, poses the several challenges. Smaller businesses generally  lack the in-house or off site IT resources and/or knowledge to achieve

demanding planning, technical and process requirements. Therefore, many SMBs either neglect to implement any data-oriented business continuity plan or else approach data backup and recovery in a sporadic, antiquated fashion that fails to conform to the best practices of integrated BCP.

Understanding the risks of not implementing a proper Business Continuity Plan:

• Understanding how to diminish the risk of losing vital business data, such as client records and files.

• Being aware of the environmental hazards that the business infrastructure is exposed to due to your geographical location.

• High costs and preventable, excess time it would take to build the business back if disaster strikes without having any BCP in place.

• Understanding ROI for having a BCP in place.

• Understanding regulatory compliance requirements in your industry.

A Turn-Key Solution that addresses all of your BCP Needs

Near Real-Time Backups: Incremental methodology captures all changes to the initial image in increments of 30 minutes. The Incremental technology not only backs up recent datasets but also allows end users to reconstruct the state of their data as it stood at the end of various 30-minute restoration points.

On-site Virtual Server: If any of your servers fail, server virtualization technology embedded in the Virtualised Network Attached Storage (NAS) allows customer servers and applications to be restored and rebooted within a very short time.  As you may sometimes endure a wait of several days in order to receive replacement servers from vendors, your NAS can have your business up and running. The NAS multi-tasks, even while functioning as a virtual server, it can continue to back up data from other devices plugged into the RL-NAS. This solution allows you to remain productive without any significant loss of data backup, server functionality, or business downtime.

Complete Image: We generate an image of all hard drive partitions via an agent which is warehoused on the NAS device physically located at your business premise. The data is stored encrypted and compressed.  We employ a block-level, not file-level backup.   Block level data is raw data which does not have a file structure imposed on it. Block transfer is the most efficient way to write to disk and is much less prone to errors such as those that result from file-level backups. Additionally, block level backups are not affected by open files or open databases. The block-level image is an exact digital duplicate of the on-site server.

Intuitive and Flexible Restoration: This solution allows for recovery of files, folders, partitions, mailboxes/messages, databases using a quick and intuitive process. In case of a complete server failure, we do support a bare metal restore to new hardware.

Our 30-minute incremental based backup allows restores to be done from any point in time, allowing for multiple versions of files, folders, messages/mailboxes, databases to be restored.

Secure Remote Storage: On a daily basis, after imaging the servers to which it is attached, the NAS device and transmits the encrypted data to a secure offsite location where it resides in an encrypted, compressed format. That remote site then replicates again to an alternate data center, creating a total of three copies of the data in three geographically distinct regions. Since the data is encrypted and only you have the key, no one has access at any of the remote storage facilities.

Transmitting data to a remote site is a key component of BCP. It guarantees that in case of physical damage to the client’s network or NAS or even regional disaster, the data is safe in uncompromised locations. Encryption is an important step in the process of transmitting data between the NAS and the remote sites because it greatly reduces the risk of data loss incidents that plague magnetic tape and prevents man-in-the-middle attacks during transmission.

24x7 Completely Managed Solution: Our Network Operations Center monitors your NAS units and the attached servers 24*7*365. Failed processes generate immediate alerts to our engineers, who often remotely correct errors within minutes of receiving notification.

Affordable Cost: We offer a pricing package that is all inclusive of the complete backup and disaster recovery service-with no hidden costs. All your costs are bundled and include the NAS, the Incremental Methodology, file restorations, file integrity checks, secure data transmission remote storage and ALL Labor required for the recovery effort.

Let's explore how we can help you find the solution that is best for your business and budget! Contact remoteLOGIC today!