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By: Kelser on May 30, 2018

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IT Services in CT: Utilizing Virtualization for Disaster Recovery

Modern Data Center | Business Continuity | Disaster Recovery | Managed Services

IT services CTThere's no way around certain disastrous scenarios in terms of IT. With computer systems, the question of operational mismanagement or dissolution shouldn't be "if", it should be "when". When will systems collapse? And perhaps, how?

Whether through user error, natural disaster, cybercriminal intrusion, or sabotage, there's a much higher likelihood operations will experience compromise predicating recovery from disaster. The key here is to hope for the best and expect the worst. If you expect the worst, in terms of disaster recovery, then you should have a protocol lined up so you can recover when that scenario arises.

This is where virtualization can be a very important part of your operation's security. Here’s the explanation of IT services experts in CT why:

A Virtualization Crash-Course

Virtualization essentially works like this: a server is partitioned into space for a specific business operation. Depending on the size of the business, more or less space is necessary. Today's cloud computing paradigms make it simple to virtualize an environment. In fact, anyone operating on the cloud is essentially operating from such an environment.

Basically, all your information is on a simulation of a non-virtual server. Think of it this way: the cloud network is your computer's hard-drive, and the virtualization of your operations is a file on that hard drive. With the cloud, you've got fail-safe protocols on-hand designed to protect data in the event of an emergency. If something crashes your "virtualized" network, you can just access the "file" of that "simulated" operational environment elsewhere on the cloud.

Essentially, you can totally side-step conventional onsite server needs, allowing you to avoid otherwise necessary hardware reconfiguration in the wake of a disaster.

Data Mirroring

An IT services provider in CT can help you employ virtualized solutions that can facilitate swifter post-disaster recovery. There is such a thing as "database mirroring" today. With cloud computing, if anomalous or otherwise inexplicable behavior is noted which could tend toward network collapse, a "mirrored" database can be launched which is utilized, while the primary system's difficulties are ironed out and repaired.

This means, no loss of either data or operational utility coming and going throughout your operational network. The only real downside to virtualized environments is migration, which can be a big hassle for larger businesses. However, there are incremental migration solutions, as well. The right MSP can help you to employ them.

Virtualizing Your Network

An IT services provider in CT can help you design a virtualized version of your network for security and operational optimization. Contact us now at Kelser Corporation to see which solutions may work best for your business.

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