Why Everyone Should Look at DRaaS as a Cloud Backup Strategy by Jennifer Burl

Your company has never been this dependent on data- or this vulnerable to its inaccessibility. In a recent survey from ESG, two of the top concerns from all respondents (IT personnel from large and small companies alike), were business continuity/disaster recovery and improved data backup and recovery.

So, what are businesses making these issues a priority in 2015? 23 percent are searching for a new backup solution/vendor, 13 percent are planning to use third-party cloud-based data protection service instead of an on-premises/in-house solution and nearly half are interested in keeping the same backup solution/ vendor.

If your company is one of ones searching for a new backup solution/vendor, do you know where to start? I suggest you begin by planning for a hybrid architecture-because solely investing in disk is not enough. Iron Mountain recommends disk for rapid recovery, tape for long-term retention and cloud for keeping your data at a close distance.

Disk is great for fast, local restoration, which your SLAs demand. Twenty-five percent of organizations have a strict goal of having no downtime ever for their high priority applications, while a similar 24 percent have a 15-minute window for the same. Because these demands are so high, it's important to ensure your organization is also protected via the cloud. ESG states that three out of nine companies surveyed were using cloud as an IT cost containment measure in 2014.

We all know a hybrid strategy is key for data backup. But what is your strategy for a natural or manmade disaster? One of the best options is Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS). Iron Mountain recommends that you turn to a partner that has the following attributes:

Unmatched physical and logical security

A trusted brand

Proven technology

Guarantee you can meet your RTO

For more information about DRaaS, be sure to check out the recent DRaaS webinar with data management expert Jason Buffington and Iron Mountain's own internal expert on the subject, Cliff Madru.

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