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• Power Failure
• Hardware Error
• Fire & Flood
• Earthquake
• Hurricane
• Software Error
• Snow/wind Storm
• Network Failure
• Sabotage & Terrorism

Impact of Disasters

With the explosion of around-the-clock e-business, enterprises today operate in an extremely complex and highly networked, global economy. Today, companies are more susceptible to interruptions, whether it’s by natural disaster, hardware failure or by human error that is intentional or unintentional. The cost of such interruptions, or downtimes, varies across industries, but for companies with a significant web presence, outages are crippling. For mission critical applications such as the Oracle E-Business Suite, a disaster could potentially mean financial ruin and the close of business altogether if not rectified quickly.

Steelman Services’ Data Protection Strategies
Effective Disaster Recovery planning is more than just providing a power backup supply or a second server in another building. In the event of a disaster, hardware and networks can be replaced or moved to a new location, but data, one of the most critical assets of a business, may not be replaced as easily or as quickly if not protected correctly.

Given the importance of data protection, there are a variety of technology solutions available to enable businesses to protect and recover their data in a timely manner. Steelman Services provides several different solutions, based on the speed in which a company needs to recover their data or based on a specific budget. A snapshot of a few of these Oracle Disaster Recovery solutions includes:

Backup - In this type of recovery, database data/files of the primary database are stored on storage devices. Steelman Services’ backup strategies include local and remote copies of data, full and incremental backups, online backups, and support for secondary devices, including off site tape archiving.

Standby - In this type of recovery, a copy of the primary database is maintained on a separate server at all times. These systems are configured for disaster recovery purposes. If the primary database fails, the standby database is activated to operate as the new primary database. Automated Standby is an effective means for disaster recovery by providing a completely automated framework to maintain consistent copies of the primary database. This technology also provides an automated framework to switch over to the standby system in the event of a disaster or a corruption on the production site, or even during scheduled maintenance work.

Remote Mirroring – This method involves the mirroring (copying) of the changes in the primary database storage units to a remote storage unit at a secondary site. This can be accomplished through techniques such as storage based remote mirroring or host based mirroring. In the event of an outage or a disaster, the database may be restored and recovered at the mirrored site, and systems may then point to this mirrored site and continue operations.

Sophisticated DR with Virtual Tape Libraries - This method uses the most recent technology including de-dupe technology, alternative site processing and can take advantage of multiple data centers. With virtual tape, backups complete faster and more reliably, with little or no change needed to the backup environment. De-duplication technology can eliminate or greatly reduce the need for physical tapes while ensuring data security and integrity. However, Steelman Services leverages a solution that allows our team to directly export data to physical tape, leveraging the speed of the VTL without impacting the backup network for companies that still require physical tape backups.

Is your company ready to handle systems outages?
Is your disaster recovery plan dependent on just one or two key employees?
Steelman Services can provide your company with any level of Business Continuity services. Contact Us to find out how we can be an important part of your disaster recovery plan.

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