The document discusses the importance of disaster recovery planning and outlines some key considerations and options for disaster recovery. It notes that many organizations do not fully appreciate the importance of disaster recovery planning until after a disaster occurs. It also highlights that disaster recovery planning requires determining critical systems, data retention policies, recovery time objectives, and recovery point objectives. The document then describes two disaster recovery options from Expedient: SAN-to-SAN replication that replicates data between Expedient data centers, and host-based replication that replicates from a customer's hardware to an Expedient data center.

1. Disaster Recovery
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Many companies don’t fully realize the importance of disaster recovery planning until unexpected disaster
events occur. Disaster recovery planning forces organizations to think through critical decisions like data
retention policies, prioritization of systems, recovery time and recovery point objectives. A key question to
consider is, “How long can you afford to have your critical applications unavailable?”
SAN-to-SAN Replication:
Choose your VM server and replicate your data
between any of Expedient’s data centers.
• Virtual platform and application downtime protection
• Low cost of entry, minimal customer configuration and no
additional IT hardware or engineering expenditures required
• Conduct your own failover testing with the push of a button
• Ensure auditing best practices
• Simplified management
• Single pane of glass management: with complete control over
the failover process, you have visibility and control to ensure
your disaster recovery plan will support industry regulations
and best practices.
• 24x7x365 support
Host-based Replication:
Two-way replication, from your hardware to an
Expedient data center and back again.
• Virtual platform and application downtime protection
• Low cost of entry, minimal customer configuration and no additional
IT hardware or engineering expenditures required
• Complements your existing virtual environment
• Ensure auding best practices
• Simplified management
• Single pane of glass management: with complete control over
the failover process, you have visibility and control to ensure your
disaster recovery plan will support industry regulations and best
practices
• 24x7x365 support
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Expedient is one of the nation’s
Top 20 Data Center Providers
with over 300,000 sq. ft. of total data center capacity
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2. Important Considerations for Disaster Recovery Planning
• Start small. The biggest barrier to both budget approval and project
completion is tackling DR for every system within a company.
- Do an inventory of systems and applications.
- Work with your business to determine what is most important.
• Sometimes, you don’t need an exact replica.
- Determine your ideal RPO and RTO.
- Understanding how fast your system should be back online and what amount
of data loss is acceptable in the event of an outage is critical.
• Leverage technology where appropriate.
-Expedient has many options available to move and replicate data.
Speak with an Expedient Solution Architect to learn more.
AVAILABLE SERVICES
• Cloud Computing/Virtual Services
• Colocation
• Offsite Backups and Archiving
• Disaster Recovery
• Compliance
• Server Management
• Shared SAN Storage
• Firewall
• Hosted Exchange
• Load Balancing
• Dedicated Network Services
• Managed Network Security
• Internet Access
• Migration Services
“A company denied access to mission-critical data for more than 48 hours will
likely be out of business within one year.” –drplanning.org
AboutExpedient
Expedient is a network of nationwide
data centers offering a wide range
of managed services and network
connectivity. Reliable data center
facilities interconnected with a private
10 Gbps network enable Expedient
to deliver premier colocation, cloud
computing, network and managed
services to enterprise, commercial,
education and government
organizations. Expedient’s approach
complements a variety of industry and
government compliance requirements,
including SOX, PCI DSS and HIPAA,
supported by third-party SOC
attestation.
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