Maintaining a Datacenter with no downtime is not an easy task for any IT Manager. It requires lot of patience and planning. By planning, I mean that it requires diligent forecasting of the dangers and preparing for practical remedial measures, in case disaster strikes. Examples of disaster can range from collapse of entire datacenter infrastructure to malfunctioning of specific software. In any case, a periodical backup strategy can restore the business operations and save them in the nick of time.
Penalties of Disaster
Presuming the data is corrupted due to software malfunction, it can be recovered either via a periodical backup or through appropriate upgrade. There might be chances for an OS corruption due to virus or any other possible reasons and it might end up with unpalatable consequences to your backup server machine. Or, the entire data server could simply crash due to hardware issues.
In this situation, it might take probably a week or two to rebuild your entire backup server setup from the scratch and you need to go back and recreate all the backup jobs. During this period you are liable to be exposed to extreme risks and its possible that you may never be able to recover the previous backup history.
Vembu BDR -The Key to Disaster Recovery
Vembu BDR has the ability to rebuild the entire backup server setup from any disaster back to the point in time and objective, exactly the way it was before. our BDR solution can rebuild all of the backup metadata information from storage repositories. So, you can ensure the continuity of the backup jobs from where it was left before.
Here, you might have a question – What is the recommended way of configuring Vembu BDR backup server ?
- Install Vembu BDR application along with MySQL and MongoDB on OS drive on your backup server machine
- Then configure the Storage Repositories to any external drives (NAS/SAN)
- Also, keep MySQL and MongoDB meta data files to the external drive
By following these simple steps, you can rebuild an entire backup server setup within minutes and you can be assured of getting the best RPO for your backup server setup.
With the new update that we’ll be launching within next few days(v2.0.1 for Vembu BDR), this Disaster Recovery option for your Backup Servers that we have discussed here has been included. So, you can feel assured that we always got your back with our Backup and Disaster Recovery solution !
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