Sources:http://www.fema.gov/disasters/grid/yearhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_zombie_filmshttp://www.continuitycentral.com/news06032.htmlhttp://searchcloudstorage.techtarget.com/tip/Why-you-should-incorporate-a-cloud-disaster-recovery-planGartner “Market Trends: Assessment of the Rapidly Growing Market for Cloud-based Recovery Services” 2013.Gartner “Do Your Homework Before Committing to Cloud-Based Recovery Services” 2013.Gartner “Best Practices for Planning and Managing Disaster Recovery Testing” 2013.

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OTHER VENDOR CONSIDERATIONS

CAN THE VENDOR HANDLE HIGHLY SECURE DATA? CAN THE VENDOR HANDLE REGIONAL DISASTERS?

Secure data can be encrypted when you’re working with an experienced provider. RaaS is an ideal solution for applications that contain HIPAA data, PCI-DSS compliant data and other high-security information.

When determining where to replicate your data to, evaluate the types of disas-ters you’re most vulnerable to. Choosing how far away to replicate is a balance of latency, cost and risk aversion.

EVALUATING PROVIDERS Find a provider whose strengths align with your disaster recovery objectives.

6 TechTarget, “Why You Should Incorporate a Cloud Disaster Recovery Plan” 2013.

1List your applications and perform a risk and impact analysis for each.

2Determine your DR and backup budgets and prioritize your applications.

6Plan for the unexpected with seasonal tests and use those to keep your run-book up-to-date.

5Outline your DR process (run-book) and test it with your provider.

4Determine where you want your DR site to be located, keeping natural disaster patterns and network latency in mind.

3Determine each application’s ideal RTO and RPO. Confirm your provider can support these.

6 STEPS TO WORKING EFFECTIVELY WITHDISASTER RECOVERY SERVICE PROVIDERS

6 QUESTIONS TO ASK A CLOUD STORAGE PROVIDERBEFORE PURSUING DISASTER RECOVERY IN THE CLOUD 6

How will my data be secured in the cloud?Does the provider offer encryption services, both for data in-transit and data at-rest?

Does the cloud provider satisfy regulatory requirements for the regulations I care about? How is compliance measured and certified?

Does the cloud storage provider have a demostrated track record in meeting data availability and recovery requirements?

Can the provider effectively match the virtualization infrastructure I have in-house to facilitate rapid recovery?

What are the expected recovery times (RTOs) for the data I’ll be storing in the cloud? Is the topic of RTOs covered in the service-level agreement (SLA)?

Will the provider allow me to test and exercise DR processes on a regular basis to ensure my organization is prepared in the event of an outage?

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WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO TEST?Testing is the most important thing to ensure you are prepared to respond when a disaster occurs.

80%OF TESTING

should be done on applications that are

the most mission-critical.5

2 ANNUAL TESTSis the suggestedminimum from manyservice providers toensure your solutionis working properly.

5 Gartner, “Best Practices for Planning and Managing Disaster Recovery Testing” 2013.

OFTEN MAKES UP 20%or less of the total number of production applications.

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BACKUP-AS-A-SERVICE (BAAS)

Backup-as-a-Service recovers your files and data to a multi-tenant, cloud-based environment. Rather than backing up data to physical tapes, manage and schedule backups to the cloud. BaaS customers can typically expect a 24-hour or less RPO and a 24–48 hour RTO.

RECOVERY-AS-A-SERVICE (RAAS)

Recovery-as-a-Service recovers not only your files and databases, but also your applications. This means that after a disaster hits you are essentially given a working system, as opposed to just the working parts that still need to be reassembled. Achieve a recovery point objective (RPO) of 30 minutes or less and recovery time objective (RTO) of 4 hours.

RECOVERY SOLUTIONS

CONCERNS

PROTECTING YOUR DATA You need to protect against data loss but your data can withstand downtime of 24–48 hours.

PROTECTING APPS IN A CLOUDProtect your applications that are hosted in a public cloud environment by having a cloud- based recovery site in a different regional location using In-Cloud Recovery-as-a-Service.

PROTECTING APPS IN YOUR DATACENTERFree your staff and resources up from having to manage a second datacenter site and choose to

recover your in-house production applications to the cloud using To-Cloud Recovery-as-a-Service.

PROTECTING YOUR APPLICATIONS You need your applications and the supporting

data that power your business and revenue stream to be back up and running in hours not days.

WHAT IS YOUR PRIMARY CONCERN?

WHERE ARE YOUR APPLICATIONS LOCATED?

TO-CLOUD RECOVERY-AS-A-SERVICE IN-CLOUD RECOVERY-AS-A-SERVICE BACKUP-AS-A-SERVICE

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$465.7 M

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$1.2 B21%

EXPECTED GROWTHin Recovery-as-a-

Service spending over the next

4 years.4

4 Gartner, “Market Trends: Assessment of the Rapidly Growing Market for Cloud-Based Recovery Services” 2013.

WHY CLOUD FOR DISASTER RECOVERY?Cloud-based recovery protection makes it much harder for zombies to wreak havoc on your datacenter and applications.

ADVANTAGESOF CLOUD-BASEDDISASTER RECOVERY

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RECOVERY TIMELower application recovery time

FAILOVER FLEXIBILITYSupport for selective application failover and datacenter recovery

FREQUENT TESTINGFlexibility for frequentrecovery plan exercising

REDUCED COSTPotentially reduced recovery exercising cost

REDUCED RISKReduced recovery risk due to oversubscribed resource limitations following the occurence of a major disaster event

1 Gartner, “Market Trends: Assessment of the Rapidly Growing Market for Cloud-based Recovery Services” 2013.

2 Gartner, “Do Your Homework Before Committing to Cloud-Based Recovery Services” 2013.

3 Gartner, ”Market Trends: Assessment of the Rapidly Growing Market for Cloud-Based Recovery Services” 2013.

35%OF MIDSIZE ENTERPRISESwill adopt cloud servicesexclusively to support IToperations recoveryby 2017.2

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worldwide reported usingcloud services and listed

reducing cost and improvingagility/flexibility as topreasons to use cloud.3

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9%

POWER/COMMFAILURE

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DISASTERS ARE ON THE RISE

TYPES OF DISASTERS

SOME BELIEVE THE CORRELATION COULD BE RELATED TO ZOMBIES

Disasters come in all varieties, and most businesses are under-protected. Disaster recovery allows you to protect and recover your applications after a disaster.

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NATURAL AND MAN-MADE DISASTERS are on the rise, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency.1

DOMESTIC INTEREST IN ZOMBIE ATTACKS is also on the rise, according to Wikipedia’s list of zombie films.2

CAUSES OF IT DISASTERS3

VIRUS

ZOMBIES

BROWN OUT TORNADO HURRICANE OUTAGE

BAD CODECORRUPT DATA HACKING

1 http://www.fema.gov/disasters/grid.year2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Zombie_films

3 http://www.continuitycentral.com/news060321.html

Disasters happen, especially when it comes to technology. Hurricanes, floods and viruses are all well known, but we took a look at a lesser-known phenomena: the zombie apocalypse and the impact it could have on your business. Regardless of the type of threat your business is worried about, the cloud offers newer, more affordable and more flexible recovery options through cloud service providers than have previously been available. Even if no zombie attacks have ever been confirmed (yet), the following data offers a compelling look at how you can protect your business, and where your infrastructure may be vulnerable.

PROTECT YOUR DATA AND APPS FROM A

AND OTHER LESS LIKELY DISASTERS