Expect the unexpected. Unfortunately disasters do happen in life.
But is your business adequately protected if such an event was to occur?
Ideally, all organisations should have some sort of disaster recovery plan in place. This may be as simple as having a backup of key information at a third-party's premises, such as home, a friend etc. For larger organisations, more complex recovery plans are usually required.
That’s where we can help.
Our team of highly-skilled technicians can provide expert advice on all aspects of storage. We work with all of the leading vendors, and our technical staff are trained to the very highest standards.
They won’t baffle you with jargon. What you’ll get instead is straightforward, no nonsense advice so you can make the best decision for your business.
Lanway's current range of storage solutions cover Storage Area Networks (SANs) and Network Attached Storage (NAS).
So what are they?
SANs provide block level access to centralised data, using either dedicated Fibre Channel Networks from leading vendors such as Netapp, or the newer iSCSI protocol over traditional Local Area Networks (LANs) favoured by vendors such as Dell Equallogic. NAS solutions offer large volume file-system level access to data and are for generally less complex storage requirements for smaller groups within the network.
THE BENEFITS - Increased disk utilisation
- Improved DR capabilities
- Improved overall availability
- Support server clustering
- Extremely flexible
- Moving storage between hosts is extremely easy
- Share files between hosts reliably and easily
Lanway can also introduce additional DR capabilities in the shape of
storage replication.
A storage replication service provides an extra measure of redundancy that can be invaluable if the main storage backup system fails. Immediate access to the replicated data minimises downtime and its associated costs.
The service can streamline disaster recovery processes by generating duplicate copies of all backed-up files on a continuous basis (off or on-premise). It can also speed up and simplify recovery from a natural or human-caused disaster, such as a fire, flood, hurricane, virus, or worm.
THE BENEFITS - Ensures that legislation and compliance issues are adhered to
- Prevention of major financial loss
- Prevention of loss of credibility and goodwill
- Ensures continuity of an organisation's services and products
- Prevents the loss of important operational information