Community Spotlight #18

The purpose of the backup is to create a copy of data that can be recovered in the event of a primary data failure.

Backup is like an insurance, a failsafe, a fallback. Almost everything in an enterprise require a backup whether it is a Database, Application Server, Web server, etc. In case any catastrophic thing happens like power failures, machine faults, software bug, human error, etc., a backup  comes as savior. It can be used to restore a failed/crashed system, Database, Application Server etc., It is the only thing available during disaster recovery to bring back the operations to normalcy. Any company using IT infrastructure must and should have a backup. The backup configuration must be tested for a failure and restore. Once the results are good, it can be implemented as standard. 

There are a lot of factors that go into designing a backup solution and more information would be needed.  Is you data in a single data center, multiple data centers or the cloud?  Is there a budget you have to fall within?  Do you want the data to reside solely in a single location or do you want it replicated to other sites/cloud?  If replication is required, do you have the proper bandwidth to support large amounts of data transfer, in both speed and volume of data? What does your host structure look like, ie: virtualization, cloud providers, bare metal, etc?  What is your data change rate as to growth and is the company made up of "pack rats" that keep even old data?  What is the daily growth of data and do you want to take differential, incremental, or just change data bits for your subsequent backups after the initial full backup? What is your expected Time of Recovery for each system and do you have infrastructure to handle the recovery?  There are a lot of good solutions out there that all have their good and bad points, so you have to look at the overall picture of the solution that best fits your needs.

Albar,  we can certainly help you with finding the best solution for your situation. What we would need is setup a call to discuss your infrastructure and your expectations. contact us @ support@letusdealwithit.com and we can st something up.

This is a nice and important article that thoroughly addresses the critical elements of selecting and implementing a backup and recovery strategy for businesses. It's worth noting that in the selection process, it's essential to also consider the hardware and software capabilities of your existing IT infrastructure. Most backup solutions, especially those designed for virtual environments, require compatibility with the latest versions of platforms like VMware. Examples include backup software solutions such as Veeam and Zerto, made to work well with specific versions of virtualization software. Ensuring compatibility at this level is vital for a smooth and effective deployment of any backup and recovery system.

I agree with what you shared. Zerto is a great product and their support is very good. It is disappointing that I have to stop using it because they are discontinuing Hyper-V support. I am looking at other products and options.