Companies need data protection solutions to safeguard their valuable information and ensure consistent operations. Modern businesses are continually under attack from malicious threat actors intent on stealing, encrypting, or corrupting mission-critical data resources. Organizations can also experience disastrous data losses due to innocent accidents, hostile insider attacks, hardware failures, or faulty software upgrades.
Traditional data protection involved on-premises backup and recovery solutions. Companies needed to allocate financial and technical resources to implement and maintain a backup and recovery infrastructure. Teams typically sent copies of backup media off-site to be available for disaster recovery purposes. This type of solution can be challenging to manage, as it is subject to human error or oversights. It would not provide the rapid system recovery necessary to protect the business from a disaster.
Cloud computing services have radically transformed the data protection landscape and the options available to modern companies. While on-premises solutions are still viable in some situations, cloud services offer modern, cost-effective, and efficient techniques for protecting company data. Cloud service providers (CSPs) have developed Cloud Backup-as-a-Service (CBaaS) and Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service (DRaaS) solutions that provide excellent data protection for organizations of any size.
Decision-makers must select the appropriate type of data protection solution for their organization. The decision should consider the company’s data protection and recovery requirements, risk tolerance, and available budget.
When Should You Use a DRaaS Solution?
Vendors design DRaaS solutions to enable companies to recover quickly from major disruptions, minimizing downtime and data loss with rapid system failover capabilities. Organizations considering DRaaS should meet most of the following criteria.
- The company runs mission-critical systems that are essential for business operations. Experiencing extended downtime could result in lost revenue, dissatisfied customers, and potential non-compliance or legal problems.
- The organization needs fast Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs) and aggressive Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs) to address business requirements. DRaaS solutions are significantly faster than traditional recovery techniques.
- The company processes regulated data and needs to maintain compliance with availability regulations that require rapid system recovery.
- The organization does not have, nor wants to expend resources on, a secondary on-premises recovery site. DRaaS eliminates the need for additional infrastructure for data protection.
- Company leadership wants to ensure business continuity during disasters such as a flood, fire, or successful ransomware attack. Cloud-based recovery enables employees to work remotely.
- The company has limited IT resources and cannot develop and test disaster recovery plans. The DRaaS provider manages these elements as a service.
When is a CBaaS Right for Your Business?
CBaaS solutions deliver protection from data loss or corruption. They do not provide the rapid system failover that DRaaS offers. Companies should consider a CBaaS solution to meet the following requirements.
- The company is seeking a reliable and cost-effective method of data protection. CBaaS eliminates the need for expensive on-premises backup infrastructure. Teams can define automated backup schedules and perform file-level recovery. Backup media is stored off-site in the cloud, safeguarding it from physical damage to the data center.
- CBaaS is typically a less expensive data protection option than DRaaS. Costs are lower because there is no need for failover resources. The solution focuses on backing up and recovering data and is an excellent option for small businesses with limited IT budgets.
- Companies that don’t require fast recovery for critical systems can obtain sufficient data protection with CBaaS. Organizations can utilize a CBaaS solution for archiving data to meet regulatory standards or long-term retention policies.
- Organizations that use SaaS apps, such as Microsoft 365, should supplement the native backup capabilities of the platform with CBaaS. Most SaaS solutions do not provide full backup and recovery functionality.
- Companies can reduce the complexity and resources necessary to support in-house backup solutions with CBaaS. The provider often handles functions such as monitoring and managing the platform to ensure data is protected effectively.
Why Should You Deploy CBaaS and DRaaS Solutions?
A business should deploy both a CBaaS and DRaaS solution for optimal data protection with the ability to recover from virtually any kind of data loss scenario. The combination of CBaaS and DRaaS provides the flexibility to recover from the type of small data loss situations businesses face daily, as well as large-scale outages and disasters that require rapid system recovery and failover.
Organizations that value their data should strongly evaluate the benefits of implementing a CBaaS and DRaaS solution. Companies with extensive IT experience and resources may develop a disaster recovery plan by leveraging the capabilities of a CBaaS offering.
What Are VAST’s CBaaS and DRaaS Solutions?
VAST has your back when it comes to data protection. Whether your company needs the full system recovery capabilities of DRaaS or wants to protect itself with a CBaaS tool, we have a flexible and reliable solution. Here’s a brief overview of our effective and efficient approaches to safeguarding your valuable data.
VAST’s CBaaS offering is a fully managed solution built on Druva’s advanced backup technology. Our team designs a backup plan aligned with your business strategy and data protection policies. Your company eliminates the cost of an in-house backup and recovery infrastructure and includes fixed pricing to help you manage your IT budget. The solution creates immutable backups to support regulatory compliance and ensure the integrity of sensitive data.
We offer four tailored backup solutions designed to meet your business requirements. VAST’s CBaaS protects the Microsoft 365, public cloud, on-premises/hybrid, and enterprise endpoint environments. All solutions feature end-to-end encryption, automated backups, and deduplication to conserve storage space. Role-based access controls and multi-factor authentication are used to protect the centralized management platform.
Our DRaaS solution is built on the established foundation of AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery. The solution supports recovery of on-premises or cloud environments to AWS as well as recovery between AWS regions. It is a flexible and cost-effective disaster recovery approach that enables you to recover applications within minutes.
Our expert team is available to help your company plan and implement a disaster recovery solution to protect your business. The service supports Windows and Linux environments and can scale with your evolving business requirements.
Get in touch with us today and start implementing the right DRaaS and CBaaS solutions to keep your valuable data and business safe.
