Business Continuity -– a way to go
One of the most important goals of any enterprise – large, medium or small – is business continuity. Market requirements, supply and demand, staff problems as well as other factors which result from the internal and external environment of a company which may cause instability or even crisis. Today such risk is unacceptable for a modern enterprise.
Risk in and of itself creates barriers to company development. Risks are a problem that need a solution. The only way to achieve this is retrieval, a kind of modus operandi which we can call BCP - Business Continuity Planning. It is a concept based on activities in the area of creation, verification and actualization of plans used during normal processes resuming in case of a disaster. Usually it concerns all incidents which are not very probable and are hard to predict, but would have catastrophic consequences. It is an advantage that secures smooth management of an enterprise.
Above all, it ensures that all the operations, transactions and services of the organization are available to the people concerned (or impacted), whether they are– employees, customers, suppliers or partners. Briefly, it allows for quick and efficient reaction in the case of a disruption and crisis.
Hardware and software –the great symbiosis
What does it all mean? It means everything! Information is a key resource for a company –and disorder of its circulation may cause the most difficult crisis situation. The most endangered structures are databases used for storing and archiving information, operating systems for management and telecommunication infrastructure. Where to find a proper solution?
Hardware and software are the two pillars of information flow in a company. Only a perfect combination of these two components can give a kind of synergy, a confidence that your data is secured, thereby ensuring business continuity. For this reason, quality becomes the most important issue in this area. Only the symbiosis of excellent hardware and good software which can meet the highest standards can give an assurance about proper functioning of an information infrastructure and its stability and safety. That is why a properly prepared Business Continuity Plan has to include at least basic information with regard to this issue.
Synergy
Software solution
High-quality hardware is a must, and that is where Ace excels - but what about software? Not only should superior performance, security and flexibility be determinant in a search for a proper solution, but so should the price. What would be the best choice? Which product can offer all of the listed characteristics and is also capable of fulfilling a company’s BCP standards? In searching for the best solution we must consider the Open-E software. Open-E Data Storage Software V6 offers almost everything that is needed in the area of data storage. It includes i.a.: Data and Volume Replication,Volume Snapshot, Automatic Failover for iSCSI Volumes (NAS (NFS) Failover is an additional extension), WORM and NDMP. Additionally, Open-E DSS V6 supports a wide variety of hardware RAID platforms from the industry’´s leading names. The versatility of the Open-E DSS V6 also allows users to combine NAS systems with iSCSI SAN systems, and provides built-in virus protection, while enabling the connection of multiple Network Interface Controllers, including Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre Channel and InfiniBand. But what is the most important – in terms of BCP is that it offers you a confidence that your data is safe.