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New Form Factor Supports Top-Notch Protection The standard for disaster tolerance in most organi-
zations is a two-site disaster recovery architecture,
for Smaller Organizations with one production site and a secondary disaster
recovery location. The distance between these sites
The risk of permanent data loss is a growing problem for helps to determine the amount of data at risk of per-
organizations as the amount of data under management manent loss. The further the distance, the greater the
data transfer latency: the greater amount of data that
is growing at an annual compound rate of 40% or more. will not be in the secondary site at the time of a pro-
In addition, the complexity and interdependency of the duction site outage. However, having the two sites in
IT environment is increasing, and the number and size close proximity results in the risk of both of them being
impacted by a major regional event, such as a large
of risks to the organization continue to rise. Previously, earthquake or violent storm.
organizations had manual procedures and paper trails
For many organizations, these risks are becoming
they could utilize to recover data, but those are largely unacceptable, and reducing the probability of perma-
a thing of the past. Todays interconnected world can nent data loss is a business imperative.
create an illusion of business continuity; however, the risk Recent technological advances in storage-based data
to revenue and reputation from an extended outage has services, including active-active storage clustering and
highly efficient long-distance replication, have enabled
never been greater. the cost-effective implementation of three-site disaster
recovery architectures. These architectures dramati-
cally improve protection against permanent loss and
corruption of data. Moreover, this approach provides
the foundation for much faster system recovery, or can
even mitigate the need for recovery.
SOLUTION PROFILE
According to the U.S. National Archives and Records Recovery solutions have an important tech-
nology constraint: Zero data loss cannot be
Administration, 93% of companies that lost their data for
achieved over long distances. The practical
10 days or more filed for bankruptcy within one year of the limitation is usually less than 50 miles, or
disaster, and 50% filed for bankruptcy immediately. whatever latency the application will tolerate
when its data is synchronously replicated.
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If your critical applications and data require TABLE 2. HITACHI TECHNOLOGIES FOR MULTIPLE DATA CENTER
always-on access, you will need an active- ARCHITECTURES
active high-availability topology between sites.
However, if you cant get two sites within Architecture Technologies
acceptable synchronous distance that meet Cascade: Synchronous + Hitachi TrueCopy + Hitachi Universal Replicator
the requirements for geographic dispersion, Asynchronous
you will need a third site to protect against a
Multitarget: Synchronous TrueCopy + Universal Replicator + Universal Replicator
major disaster that impacts the first two.
+ Asynchronous
By introducing a three-site architecture with Storage Clustering + Global-Active Device Feature + Universal Replicator
two data recovery nodes (one at close dis- Asynchronous
tance and one at long distance), a very high
probability of zero data loss and fast recov-
ery times can be achieved.
disaster. This situation results in hidden their ability to recover from a disaster of their Evaluate the technology choices available
costs and risks to the organization. These own to ensure continuous availability of your that mitigate the risks, and balance the
hidden costs and risks are a function of the data, if that is even part of the service. costs and the benefits to arrive at the right
recovery complexity that only gets worse as solution for each requirement. The invest-
Their low pay-as-you-go pricing models
the organization scales up, provisioning new ment should also be balanced across the
may be attractive today as the service
applications and/or data. business process, including servers, stor-
providers seek to gain market share at the
age, networking and people.
HDS storage can consolidate all of your busi- expense of profit margins, but as the service
ness continuity and data recovery processes industry consolidates those prices will likely
Take advantage of automation and
using a flexible combination of in-system rise. And, as has been demonstrated several orchestration tools to simplify configura-
and remote replication capabilities. Hitachi times, with such companies as Nirvanix and tion and management.
Replication Manager and Hitachi Data Instance Symantec with Backup Exec.cloud, the busi- Public or shared cloud services may be
Director software also dramatically simplify the ness failure of a service provider can make it an attractive disaster recovery option, but
configuration, management, automation and very challenging to retrieve or move the data understand the operational and security
orchestration of these modern data protection they have been storing for their customers. risks associated with entrusting your data
technologies. Easily combine local snapshots to a third party.
HDS continues to develop and provide
with remote replication and then remote snap-
cost-effective data storage, business resil- Next Steps
shots into a single policy-based workflow to
iency and disaster recovery solutions for
overcome a wide variety of copy data man- Hitachis solution consultants and profes-
organizations that prefer to maintain total
agement challenges. sional services experts are ready to help
control of their data assets. Equipment
you transform your legacy infrastructure
leasing options are available that provide
What About Using the Cloud and evolve it to meet your current and
an attractive alternative to pay-as-you-go
for the Third Site? future IT needs. Available services include
services from third parties. Other solutions,
Many organizations are considering the assessment, planning, design, installation,
such as managed or hosted services,
use of a third-party disaster-recovery-as- implementation, transition, migration, man-
can be tailored to meet specific customer
a-service (DRaaS) solution as an option agement, optimization and support.
requirements.
for storing a copy of their data, either in a To learn more, please visit hds.com/go/
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vault or in the cloud. The primary benefits Summary protect, or contact DP-Sales@hds.com
of these services are cost reduction and or your local HDS sales office or Hitachi
Understand your risks,
replacing large equipment capital costs How Will TrueNorth Partner to schedule an initial
the likelihood of them
with smaller monthly operating expenses. You Protect
occurring, and what their conversation with our business continuity
However, trusting your data with a third Data
financial impact may be. and disaster recovery experts.
party exposes the organization to several WATCH
potential risks.
Prioritize your systems,
applications and data,
The most obvious risk is data security. based on service level agreement (SLA)
The service providers may employ more requirements, including operational
advanced security protection than a typical resilience, operational recovery, disaster
business can. However, they are potentially recovery and regulatory compliance.
a much bigger target for hackers, and you
have no direct control of their employees and
contractors. You also have to put your faith in
SOLUTION PROFILE
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SP-212-A DG December 2015