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THINK YOU’VE TESTED YOUR DR PLAN? THINK

AGAIN!

HOUSEKEEPING

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• Why are we here?• To understand the common types of

change happening in your IT environment

• To discuss the impact these changes have on your recovery posture

• To learn how HOSTING’s Cloud Replication product enables continuous testing!

WELCOME!

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• Who is this guy anyway?• Darrell Hyde – CTO, HOSTING

• 18-year veteran of the managed hosting industry

• Survivor of many disasters

• Learner of many lessons

• Passionate believer in continuous testing

WELCOME!

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MY FIRST DISASTER

• September 1999, Hurricane Floyd• Category 4 storm

• Winds up to 155 mph

• $4.5B in damages

• 57 deaths

• 2.6 million displaced

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• Working for a local ISP in Delaware

• Office and colo facility located next to a river known to flood

• No backup power

• Customer servers located on the first floor

• Telco demarc in an old shed behind the building

MY FIRST DISASTER

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• Guess what happened next…• Building flooded

• Power lost

• Servers under water

• Telco demarc fried

• Techs scrambling in the dark to move equipment upstairs

MY FIRST DISASTER

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• What did I learn from this experience?• Location, location, location

• It’s not if, it’s when

• Only as strong as your weakest link

• If it happened once, count on it happening again

MY FIRST DISASTER

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MY FIRST DISASTER

SOME FACTS

Disaster Recovery Journal

80% Of U.S. Companies

Lack a DR plan

50% Of SMBs Worldwide

Have no Recovery PlanSymantec 2011 SMB Disaster Preparedness Survey

Global 72% Of SMBs WorldwideWith a Plan Have Never Tested It

Symantec 2011 SMB Disaster Preparedness Survey Global

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• Your IT environment is constantly changing• Software team releasing new code

• Systems team applying OS updates

• Network team deploying new firmware

• Security team deploying updated policy

• Storage team adding capacity

• Users moving from local to remote to mobile

• Users introducing new end devices

• …and so on…

SOME MORE FACTS

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• What isn’t constantly changing?• Offsite backup tapes

• The DR binder gathering dust on the shelf

• The emergency contact list in the DR binder

• The workload that you based your DR plan on

• The annual DR test / BBQ

SOME MORE FACTS

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• As a result…

SOME MORE FACTS

Symantec

1 in 4 Disaster Recover Tests

FAIL

WHY AREN’T DR PLANS TESTED?

40% Fear Disruption

To CustomersSymantec 2009 Disaster Recovery Survey 27% Fear

Disruption

To Sales and RevenueSymantec 2009 Disaster Recovery Survey

48% Lack The Resources

To Test RegularlySymantec 2009 Disaster Recovery Survey

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• DR testing should not…• Negatively impact customers

• Negatively impact employees

• Negatively impact revenue

• Be an excuse to drink with your coworkers on the weekend

THERE HAS TO BE A BETTER WAY

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HOSTING CLOUD REPLICATION

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• Customizable recovery plans

• Non-disruptive testing

• Push-button test AND failover via the HOSTING Customer Portal

• White glove onboarding always includes a successful test

• RPO adherence monitored by HOSTING

HOSTING CLOUD REPLICATION

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• Flexible replication scenarios:• Replicate between HOSTING Public

Clouds

• Replicate between HOSTING Private Clouds

• Replicate from your on premises infrastructure to HOSTING Cloud Sites:• Denver, CO

• Louisville, KY

• Newark, DE

HOSTING CLOUD REPLICATION

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HOSTING CLOUD REPLICATION

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HOSTING CLOUD REPLICATION

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HOSTING CLOUD REPLICATION

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• Your IT environment is an ecosystem that’s constantly changing

• Your recovery posture must reflect this

• Tapes and binders are not a DR plan

• Test as your environment changes

• Cloud Replication from HOSTING enables continuous testing!

WHAT DID WE LEARN?

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Q&ADarrell Hyde | CTO

For more information about HOSTING Disaster Recovery Planning™, please contact HOSTING at 888.894.4678.