Disaster Recovery: Using Colocation for a Sound and Economical Strategy

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Disaster Recovery

• Using Colocation for a Sound and Economical
  Strategy

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Disaster Recovery

• Using Colocation for a Sound and Economical
  Strategy

• Disaster recovery planning continues as priority
  initiative for all businesses
• However all kinds of solutions exist
• Focus of this article is using colocation data
  center
• Use a colocation facility rather than setting own
  disaster recovery site in a remote location
• Safeguard operations by migrating companies to a
  colocation service provider
• Equipment that is housed off-site is a good
  colocation solution for disaster recovery
• Organization will have access to a data center
  for housing own network, servers and storage
  equipment

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Disaster Recovery

• Using Colocation for a Sound and Economical
  Strategy

• Advantages of Colocation for Disaster Recovery
• Moving equipment to a remote location will reduce
  overhead and increase operating efficiencies
• However, considering colocation as disaster
  recovery solution, the migration decision becomes
  much easier to make
• Many providers offer managed service model, this
  type of service strategy makes sense in certain
  situation. However a colocation model has
  definite advantage for disaster recovery
• Outsourced operation means giving up some control
• Youre dependent on your outsourcing provider to
  manage operating expertly, even when disaster
  strikes
• In colocation, you still maintain control over
  all hardware, software, communications and other
  issues
• Only difference is data center is in a different
  location

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Disaster Recovery

• Using Colocation for a Sound and Economical
  Strategy

• Evaluating Security Features of a Colocation
  Facility
• Inspect the site in person
• Evaluate the generator situation - determine how
  many generators are in place, theyre location
  and accessibility
• Check UPS rooms to check overall efficiency and
  protection
• Check facilities security confirm
  around-the-clock monitoring cameras, video,
  security and surveillance personnel
• Check if facility is SAE16 compliant security
  features will most likely have an excellent
  disaster recovery solution

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Disaster Recovery

• Using Colocation for a Sound and Economical
  Strategy

• Location of a Colocation Facility
• Use a colocation facility in close proximity to
  your organization
• Close proximity allows quick access to colocation
  facility
• Using colocation facility for disaster recovery
  is a sound and economical decision

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Disaster Recovery

• Using Colocation for a Sound and Economical
  Strategy

• CyrusOne Guaranteed Performance
• Delivering 100 uptime Service Level Agreement
• Guaranteed performance through distributed
  redundant power architecture
• Maintain one leg at 2N while opting to use
  another in an N1 or other configuration
• Use of multiple parallel transformers with
  multiple parallel underground utility feeds
• Seamless power continuity and 100 percent uptime
• Increase availability and efficiency of
  customers business apps and safeguarding data in
  highly secure data center regardless of disaster
  events

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About the author

• Nicole Aguillard is marketing director for
  CyrusOne, a global enterprise colocation provider
  operating 23 highly secure data centers across
  the United States, London and Singapore. Learn
  more about Disaster Recovery by visiting our
  website.