Backup Fundamentals
Backups
Overview
Backups are copies of all of the data on a Server or system that are stored on a secondary device, like a Cloud service or physical device (both as a best practice). Backups are the first step of a DR (Disaster Recovery) and/or Business Continuity plan. Enable implements Enable Vault and Enable Business Continuity for this purpose.
tags: #servers #BusinessContinuity
BDR
Overview
BDR - (Backup AND Disaster Recovery) is often used synonymously with our Datto appliance that does backups every hour during business days and a few additional times, can act as an emergency server, and pushes Backups of fully functioning Servers to Datto Cloud that can be used to turn on the backed up servers in Datto's Cloud if we experience a total loss.
Business Continuity
Overview
Business Continuity is the system of equipment and practices that aim to reliably and continuously offer all services a client owns and operates. This could include everything from Backups, to redundancies, to power concerns such has having good UPS devices or even generators. Most of this plan is actually related to business practices, and not necessarily to the technology involved.
tags: #BusinessContinuity #servers
Disaster Recovery
Overview
DR or Disaster Recovery is the system we use to recover from a disaster that causes loss of systems and/or data. This includes not just how to restore a backup, but also includes the business plans that detail how to get new hardware, where to put it, and how to operate if a building is destroyed. A great way to begin providing this is with a BDR appliance, like Datto.
Enable Business Continuity
Overview
Enable Business Continuity is the "sales name" for the Datto BDR appliance. This is best for constantly changing data or mission critical On-Premises servers.
tags: #BusinessContinuity #servers #services #Enable_Tools #Enable_Products
Enable Vault
Overview
Enable Vault is a more traditional service for Backups that can help with Disaster Recovery. It takes a single backup once per day and puts in on a local device, and in the cloud. This is good for data that rarely changes and/or for services that are not mission critical. There is a NAS version of this tool.
tags: #BusinessContinuity #servers #services #Enable_Tools #Enable_Products
UPS
Overview
A battery backup power unit that you plug Network and Server gear (or really important computers) into in order to help those devices survive brownouts or short loss of electricity. Associated with this is a PDU (power distribution unit) which is really just a fancy power strip. Another fringe benefit of this is the way some of these devices (pure sinewave) can regulate the incoming power and protect devices from surges that could otherwise damage them.