Disaster Recovery on Steroids M Kent Linsenmann
Introduction Why How Solution Implementation Review
Why? No suitable long-term solution has been implemented Audits indentified lack of disaster recovery plan Business continuity requirements getting tighter
How? Available site infrastructure Town and desert locations Existing hardware technology at town location
Existing Resources Existing fibre cable to site Existing building for computer hardware Existing telephony equipment Existing Hitatchi SAN Storage (NSC55) Existing Hitatchi Blade Servers
Solution Create a site location to mirror town servers and storage Purchase DWDM Switch and Nortel DWDM Cards Upgrade cooling & electrical capabilities Purchase Hitachi universal replication (HUR) and shadow image capabilities
Implementation Purchase software and hardware on three year lease Add electrical panel and cooling HVAC Install servers and Array Connect DWDM switches Start Replication services Attach storage to servers for application development
Review Replicated 12 TB in12 hours Continuous replication of changes If replication connection fails, all changes are journaled for rapid synchronization
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