Presentation on IT DR/Business Continuity for SME’s

Peter Rhodes Business Development Manager

Ian Grobler Technical Architect

NetCentrix Ltd

Remember!!

IT is only ONE element of a DR/Business Continuity Solution

“Business continuity is the activity performed by an organization to ensure that critical business functions will be available to their management, staff, customers, suppliers, regulators, and other entities that must have access to those functions…”

Todays Discussion

• Todays Objectives• Who are NetCentrix?• DR/Business Continuity Locations• Options for IT DR/Business Continuity

– Traditional IT DR/Business Continuity– The IT DR/Business Continuity “Truck”– Application based IT DR/Business Continuity– Host based IT DR/Business Continuity (Virtualisation)– “The Cloud” and IT DR/Business Continuity

• Conclusion and Thoughts

Todays Objectives

• Provide “Practical Advice” on IT DR/BC for SME’s• Discuss the options for IT DR/BC• Show that IT DR/BC is affordable for SME’s• Provide ideas for innovative and cost effective IT DR/BC

solutions• Use of the latest proven IT technologies for DR/BC• Make you leave thinking “We can do that!!!”• To make you appreciate there is no “out of the box” DR/BC

solution

Who are NetCentrix ?• IT Infrastructure Solutions Provider• Established 16 years. Based in Carnforth, Lancashire.• Have our own design, implementation & support team.• Nationwide customer base (Local Gov, NHS & Corporate).

NetCentrix CustomersRICS (Royal Institution of Chartered Surveys) North Cumbria NHS

Lakeland Allerdale & Carlisle Councils

Ryedale Borough Council Selby Council

Yorkshire Dales National Park Dodd & Co Accountants

Broadacres Housing Association Marsdenrawsthorn Solicitors

MDA Marketing Beacon Medaes

DR/Business Continuity Locations

• In the same building but in a separate physical location• In a local but separate building connected by fibre cable• Hosted on a remote company owned site via a

communications link• Located within an external dedicated hosting centre• A shared DR/BC service with similar organisations/groups

Traditional IT DR/Business ContinuityPrimary Site – Typical IT Infrastructure

Traditional DR/Business Continuity

SAN to SAN Replication

Server & Application Replication

Primary Site DR/BC Site

Traditional IT DR/Business Continuity

Primary Site Disaster Live DR/BC Site

IT DR/Business Continuity and “THE DR TRUCK”

£££!!!

Application Based Replication

Virtualisation and DR/Business Continuity

Virtualised Servers

Single “Physical Server”

Virtualisation and DR/Business Continuity

Primary Site

Live Production Server

DR/BC Site

DR/BC Server “OFF”

Virtualisation and DR/Business Continuity

Primary Site

Live Production Server

DR/BC Site

DR/BC Server “OFF”

Timed “Snapshot” Replication

Virtualisation and DR/Business Continuity

DR/BC Site

Live DR/BC Server

Primary Site

Production Server “OFF”

“The Cloud” and DR/Business Continuity

Main Office Location

“The Cloud” and DR/Business Continuity

Main Office Location

“The Cloud” and DR/Business Continuity

Conclusion and Thoughts• Every company is different – “NO one solution fits all organisations”• Full DR/BC is more than an IT solution – Look at your business as well as IT• Use of tools supplied with your applications can make DR/BC cost effective• The final deployed solution will be based upon a consultative approach• As part of the process - understand your “minimum” IT requirements• Your IT supplier will need to understand your business and staff rolls• A good IT supplier will understand how the latest software and hardware can

help you to look at DR/BC cost effectively and seriously• Take up references from organisations who use the recommended

technology.• Always make sure you can carry out a “none disruptive DR/BC test”• Test and review regularly as your IT systems change over time – your DR/BC

today may not be your DR/BC tomorrow.• DR/BC is NOT an install and forget it solution.

Thank you for your time and attention