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Data Center
Disaster Recovery
A Framework for Data Center Disaster Recovery
Mike Klein, President
Online Technologies Corporation
November 11, 2008
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Leading Managed Data Center Operator in Michigan
3 Data Centers in Southeast Michigan
– Interconnected with GB fiber
– Sitting across separate power grids
Cap-Ex Free IT
– Colocation
– Dedicated Servers
– Managed Data Center Services
About Online Tech
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Agenda
Mass Digitization of the World Around Us
Critical Business Assets Have Shifted
Evolution of Data Protection
Data Center Frameworks for DP & DR
– Internet Delivery Stack - Data Center Framework
– Disaster Prevention in a Single Data Center
– High Availability Example
– Disaster Recovery Across Multiple Data Centers
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Digitization
The process of taking information
and turning it into 1’s & 0’s so it
can be processed by computers
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Do you remember …
Sending letters?
Sending faxes?
Brochures?
Photos from negatives?
Post cards?
Paper Airline Tickets?
Film X-rays?
Yellow Pages?
CDs?
VHS?
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Replaced by …
Sending letters
Sending faxes
Brochures
Photos from negatives
Post cards
Paper Airline Tickets
Film X-rays
Yellow Pages
CDs
VHS
e-mails & online bills
pdf files
web sites
digital cameras & memory
IM & SMS
e-tickets
digital X-rays
iPod & MP3
YouTube, MPEGs
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Moore’s Law & Digitization
Source: Intel Website
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Our World is Shifting
From physical assets to digital assets
Driven by Moore’s law & the Internet
Driving more computing and better connectivity
Enabling more digitization
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Impact on Business
Critical Assets of a Business Have Shifted
From Physical Assets …
… To Electronic Assets
Many businesses are completely inseparable
from their data.
The data IS the company
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Digitization: Opportunities & Risks
Mass Automation
– With no feasible manual work around
Scalability
– Need for computing, storage & connectivity
– Proper infrastructure & architecture?
Security
– Physical & electronic security
– Escalating war between hackers & defenders
Regulatory
– Compliance standards cut both ways
– HIPPA, SOX, CISP, SAS-70, …
Reliability
– No limit on how much can be spent on reliability
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Disaster Recovery Risk Profile Grid
Nuclear Attack
User Error Deletes File
Disaster Severity
Remediation Period(Time to Recovery)
InstantFail-Over
Months Recovery
Day/s HoursRecovery
$
$$$$$$
x
2x
16x
64x
∞ ?
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Evolution of Data Protection
Data
Closet
Data
Center
High Availability
Data Center
Disaster
Recovery
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Internet Delivery Stack Data Center Framework
Electricity
Facility
Network
Internet Connection
Operating System
Server
Application Code
Data Base
User
Temp, Humidity, Fire Protection, Security
UPS (Power Filter, Battery), Generator, Remote Access
High Burst, Redundancy, Monitoring
Firewall, VPN, Intrusion Detection
Load Balance, Monitor, Redundancy
Windows, Linux, or other, OS & Patch Updates
DB Admin, Replication, Back-up
Application Management
User Experience
Tradeoffs in Security, Reliability and Scalability
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Focus and Investment Trade-offs
Lower
Risk
Increased
Risk
Management
More Scalable
Management
Less Scalable
Electricity
Facility
Network
Internet Connection
Operating System
Server
Application Code
Data Base
User
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Disaster in the Data Closet
Data closets & low-end
data centers have an
extra level of risk
May not have:
– Proper security
– Fire suppression
– Dry pipe
– Backup power
– Backup Internet
– Electronic data backup
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Disaster Prevention: Redundancy
“Redundancy”– 1. superfluity, superfluous, 2. repetition or overlapping, 3.excessive
• [Origin: 1595–1605; < L redundant- (s. of redundāns), prp. of redundāre to
flow back, overflow, be excessive. See redound, -ant ]
For your CFO, “Redundancy” is waste to be eliminated
When it comes to Disaster Prevention & Recovery…
…Redundancy is often the only solution
Eliminating Single Points of Failure
Designing Failover Systems
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Extending the IDS Framework
For Disaster Prevention
Electricity
Facility
Network
Internet Connection
Operating System
Server
Application Code
Data Base
User
HA Power
N+1 HVAC
HA Network
N+1 ISPs
Load Bal, Virtualization
RAID, Dual P/S
Rapid Recovery
Electronic Back-up
Redundant HVAC Units
High Availability Power Delivery
Multiple Tier 1 Internet Providers
Dual Network Infrastructure
Redundant Server Hardware
Load Balancing across Servers
Backup Data Over a Separate Network
Snapshots of the Entire Hard Drive
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Example: Anatomy of an HA Rack
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HA Data Center Infrastructure
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… Adding Standard Power
= Single Points of Failure
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… Standard Network Connection
= Single Points of Failure
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…High Availability Network Connection
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… High Availability Power
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… Universal Threat Management
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… HA Universal Threat Management
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Servers
Network
Switches
Cisco 2960g
Servers
Network
Power
OTC
Network
Access
Switch
OTC
Network
Access
Switch
Power
Distribution
Unit (PDU)Power
Distribution
Unit (PDU)
Pooled or N+1 UPS
Generator(s)
Universal
Threat
Management-Firewall
-VPN
-Denial of Service
-Intrusion Detection
-Port Scan
-Load Balance
Backup Traffic
Internet ProviderInternet Provider
Core Router/Switch #2 Core Router/Switch #1
Co
re R
ou
ter/
Sw
itch#
2
Co
re R
ou
ter/
Sw
itch
#1
Disk Based
Backup
Data Backup
Network
Priv
ate
Lin
e
Offsite Disk Backup
… Backed up on a Separate Network
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Anatomy of a High Availability Rack
High Availability = Low Cost Disaster Prevention
– Eliminates Single Points of Failure in Critical Systems
• Power
• Network
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Electricity
Network
Operating System
Application Code
Extending the IDS Framework for Disaster Recovery
Electricity
Facility
Network
Internet Connection
Operating System
Server
Application Code
Data Base
User
Different Power Grids
Geographic Separation
Common IP Space
Automatic Rerouting
Warm Site DR
Cold Site DR
Data Syncrhonization
Remote Backup
50 Miles+ in Midwest
Different Electric Companies
Reroute Internet Across Sites
Rapidly Switch to DR Site
Duplicate Hardware
Pre-Configured Hardware
Electronically to Remote Site
Application Preloaded
Disaster Recovery Across Multiple Data Centers
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Disaster Recovery Cutting Risk with Multiple Data Centers
Tier 1 ISP
Tier 1 ISPTier 1
ISPTier 1 ISP
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Disaster Severity & Recovery Time Tradeoffs
Nuclear Attack
User Error Deletes File
Disaster Severity
Remediation Period(Time to Recovery)
Tape Backup/Trunk
Tape/Iron Mountain
Electronic Backup
Cold Site DR
Warm Site DR
Hot Site DR
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Summary
Mass Digitization shifted focus to electronic assets
Internet Delivery Stack can help explain data centers
High Availability delivers low cost Disaster Prevention
Disaster Recovery is a severity/recovery time trade-off
Copies of the slides
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Colocation | Dedicated Servers | Managed Data Centers
Mike Klein, President
Online Technologies Corporation
www.onlinetech.com
(734) 213-2020 | [email protected]