Disaster Recovery to the Cloud

Using AWS Cloud for Disaster Recovery

Hararei provides a range of cloud-based Disaster Recovery solutions to suit every budget and recovery objective. From simple Backup/Restore solutions to full-scale Active/Active solutions that operate across multiple sites or Clouds, Hararei can help you implement a Disaster Recovery solution that meets your requirements.

Hararei is an AWS Consulting Partner and has the commercial IT experience to properly architect and implement a robust Disaster Recovery strategy

Many companies provide a Disaster Recovery environment to ensure continued operation during natural disasters, political strife, epidemics or other potential disruptions to business. The IT Disaster Recovery Plan is typically part of a wider Business Continuity Programme, and it can be a major expense for any company.

Expenses involved in providing a Disaster Recovery capability can often approach (or even exceed, due to data replication requirements) the cost of the primary IT Production costs, which leads some comapnies to try to save money by reducing the capabilities in the Disaster Recovery environment.

The good news is that Amazon Web Services (AWS) can be used as part of a strategic IT Disaster Recovery Plan and will usually be lower in cost than existing capabilities, and most likely provide a better time to recovery. We outline 4 different strategies here that can form the basis of an effecient and cost-effective Disaster Recovery plan:

• Backup/Restore - backup critical data and applications to the Cloud and Restore when there is an event
• Pilot Light - backup/restore, plus some critical infrastructure already alive in the Cloud
• Warm Standby - backup/restore, plus a pre-configured infrastructure, but with minimal active infrastructure
• Multisite - Active/Active infrastructure across traditional Data Centers and Cloud Regions

The actual strategies used depends on RTO/RPO requirements and budgets, and will be different for every company