1509, 2021

Establish a business continuity team to get the full picture

Staff Writer/ September 15, 2021/ ‘New Normal’ courtesy of Covid-19, Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, business continuity plan (BCP), Business continuity planning, Covid-19 Global Responses, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Disaster recovery planning - management, Disaster recovery storage, Disaster recovery, failover and high availability for virtual servers, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT Management, Small business disaster recovery

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesBusiness continuity teams provide insight and focus that can keep an organization on its feet when disaster strikes. Don’t rely on a disaster recovery team to reduce downtime. By Alan R. Earls Business continuity and disaster recovery are grouped together by many organizations, but the teams in charge of these operations serve different purposes. Along with a disaster recovery team,

0208, 2021

disaster recovery (DR)-an updated tech definition

Tekmart EMC Enterprise Storage Team/ August 2, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Datacentre disaster recovery and security, Disaster recovery planning - management, Disaster recovery storage, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT infrastructure management and planning

Reading Time-approximately: 8 minutesDisaster recovery (DR) is an organization’s ability to respond to and recover from an event that negatively affects business operations. By Erin Sullivan, Paul Crocetti and Ivy Wigmore Read on to learn more about why DR is important, how it works, and the difference between disaster recovery and business continuity. You’ll also discover what to include in a disaster recovery

0208, 2021

An expert’s explanation of the 7 tiers of disaster recovery.

Tekmart EMC Enterprise Storage Team/ August 2, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Disaster recovery planning - management, Disaster recovery storage, Disaster recovery, failover and high availability for virtual servers, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT infrastructure management and planning

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesOrganizations have used disaster recovery tiers to define the DR process for years. These key tiers can serve as a backbone to a comprehensive disaster recovery plan. By Paul Kirvan Disaster recovery focuses on the protection and restoration of IT system functions and network services, and it dates back to the 1970s. Its roots are in mainframe computing systems, and

2707, 2021

Planning for the cost of unplanned downtime: some handy tips.

Tekmart Data Center Team/ July 27, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Data Center Hardware Terminology, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Disaster recovery storage, Disaster recovery, failover and high availability for virtual servers, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT infrastructure management and planning

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesUnplanned downtime can lead to serious consequences, including reputational harm, revenue loss and extra IT costs. Use these tips to plan for the unexpected. By John Edwards Downtime is costly for any organization. Just how costly depends on many factors, including how long the downtime lasts, when it occurs, and, perhaps most importantly, whether the downtime was planned or unplanned.

1704, 2021

What is SMART and how to use it to predict HDD or SSD failure.

Staff Writer/ April 17, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Computer Storage Hardware, Data backup security, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacentre disaster recovery and security, Disaster recovery planning - management, Disaster recovery storage, Disaster recovery, failover and high availability for virtual servers, Partner Content, Small business disaster recovery, Tekmart Enterprise Hardware Tips, Tekmart Partner Content, Travelling Techie Quick Reads-Timeless!

Reading Time-approximately: 6 minutesSMART is a system that monitors the internal information of your drive. Its clever name is actually an acronym for Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology. SMART, also written as S.M.A.R.T., is a technology found inside HDDs and SSDs. It is independent of your operating system, BIOS, or other software. Original Tutorial (Edited) By Codrut Neagu A lot of us have experienced a hard

1901, 2021

Where disaster recovery strategy stands post-2020

Staff Writer/ January 19, 2021/ ‘New Normal’ courtesy of Covid-19, Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Datacentre disaster recovery and security, Disaster recovery planning - management, Disaster recovery storage, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Timeless Tips, Trends: Datacenter Hardware and Solutions

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesPredictably, some 2019 forecasts of what disaster recovery might look like in 2020 didn’t quite hit the mark. However, funding and cybersecurity were evergreen concerns. By Alan R. Earls Disaster recovery strategies have had to change drastically from expectations in 2019. The COVID-19 pandemic presented many disaster recovery challenges for teams in 2020, as remote work became the norm. At

3010, 2020

What is the role of HCI in a disaster recovery architecture?

T-Blog Editor/ October 30, 2020/ Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Disaster recovery planning - management, Disaster recovery storage, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, IT infrastructure management and planning, Timeless Tips

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesIs hyper-convergence a good fit for disaster recovery? More organizations appear to believe so and are increasingly using hyper-converged infrastructure in backup and DR. By Brien Posey Backup and disaster recovery are two areas where hyper-convergence is playing a bigger role, and disaster recovery is a particularly interesting area of use. In a disaster recovery architecture, where speed and simplicity

1410, 2020

Data replication technologies: What they are and how to use them

T-Blog Editor/ October 14, 2020/ Datacenter Infrastructure News, Disaster recovery storage, Engage the experts, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Partner Content

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesData replication can play a big role in a disaster recovery plan, so make sure you’re familiar with the different types of replication and where they work best. By Dave Raffo Erin Sullivan Data replication is the process of copying data from one location to another so you have multiple up-to-date copies. For disaster recovery, replication usually occurs between a