Storage is ‘Simple’ – But Data is Complex. Data archiving, Backup, Replication, DR protection & Compliance are complex and costly procedures. Once data ‘moves’ off disk, the associated costs of – WAN bandwidth, tape, tape libraries, off-site storage and retrieval, DR hosting centres, etc, starts to spiral upwards.
You can’t control the weather, you can only prepare for it – same with closer to home events like your Server room overheating or a burst overhead water pipe. Preparing your infrastructure for ‘Data’ Disaster is not the ‘expense’ once considered.
Preparing for DR implies ‘more disk’. Choice has never been greater – and unlike 1982 when 10TB cost $3.6 Billion, 10TB can be implemented for £5K-£20K depending upon requirements.
Tape will always be with us – but if you are still using ‘it’ Monday through Friday, talk to CD-DataHouse. Local and/or Remote ‘Continuous Data Capture’, allowing ‘Any Point in Time Recovery’ means Tape can be relegated to a weekly Or monthly ‘Archival’ media.
Even small IT shops have 5 figure ‘Off-siting’ bills – before any retrieval charges have been factored in. Re-applying that OpEx to newer technologies can eliminate the Security, Cost and Operational inefficiencies associated with Tape.
Welcome to CD-DataHouse - the home of innovative Data Protection, Data Recovery and Storage Systems.
Specialising in first understanding how data is 'used', stored and retrieved, we then design solutions at 1/2 to 1/5th the total cost you may have previously considered.
Next Generation BackUp and Disaster Recovery implementations now provide many previously unthought of side benefits:
How about Zero BackUp Windows; Elimination of 80% of Tape; Microsoft Exchange Recoverable in 30 Seconds; DR Across 5 Mbps rather than 50Mbps using WAN Data DeDuplication techniques.
Expensive SAN Upgrades or BackUp software Maintenance charges looming.
High Costs for 'Tape Off-siting'?
Even higher annuity charges for 'low value add' DR contracts
It's likely your ongoing OpEx is all the investment required to non-disruptively implement improved Storage Systems.
Contact CD-DataHouse for a no-charge initial 'Storage Economics' assessment.
