by VAST | Mar 23, 2018 | Business Continuity
Backup is no longer as simple as copying files to tape and sending them to off-site storage. Because businesses depend so heavily on data, backups need to support high availability and rapid recovery, scale to offer high performance even as Big Data grows and grows,...
by VAST | Feb 28, 2018 | Business Continuity
Since most businesses don’t even write a disaster recovery (DR) plan, you’re definitely ahead of the game if you’ve gone ahead and created written documentation. Problem is, there’s a good chance the plan you wrote doesn’t work:...
by VAST | Feb 2, 2018 | Business Continuity
No matter how effective a technology is, there comes a time when it no longer meets the business’ needs and needs to be replaced by a newer, better technology. Is your backup strategy reaching its expiration date? Here’s how to tell. Backup and restore...
by VAST | Jan 20, 2018 | Business Continuity, Managed Services
Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) can make it easier for your organization to recover after a disaster. By using a cloud-based recovery service, you have accessible backups plus support that helps you restore operations. As you evaluate whether a specific DRaaS...
by VAST | Jan 11, 2018 | Business Continuity, Hybrid Cloud
Backing up virtual machines (VMs) requires choosing an appropriate strategy. It’s possible to back them up similarly to the way physical servers are backed up, but that isn’t an optimal solution. The characteristics of virtual machines offer alternative...
by VAST | Dec 23, 2017 | Business Continuity
Satisfying business needs for minimal downtime is a challenge for most IT teams. Despite tight recovery point and recovery time objectives (RPOs and RTOs), restoring operations often takes longer than the business’ goals. Some studies show backup success at only...
