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Data Disaster Recovery and Business Continuance

Introduction

Data Disaster Recovery and Backup Solutions Prevent Business Interruption

Data disaster recovery and business continuity refer to processes and procedures designed to avoid mission-critical business interruption or data loss during any type of disaster. With data availability now a key competitive factor for large businesses, data disaster recovery and backup mechanisms are essential business concerns. Cisco's cost-effective remote backup and data disaster recovery solutions:

  • Allow uninterrupted access to data
  • Help ensure your business meets business performance metrics
  • Provide security for backup applications
  • Scale to meet the needs of your business

Enhance Data Disaster Recovery and Backup Capabilities

Cisco and its storage networking partners offer a comprehensive approach to backup and data disaster recovery. State-of-the-art, multiprotocol storage area network technology offers these features and benefits:

  • Intelligent, dedicated storage area networks for smoother data disaster recovery and more cost-effective backup
  • Remote data replication for better ongoing data availability
  • Business-class performance of applications over a WAN or metropolitan-area network (MAN), even over extended distances
  • Easy-to-manage yet secure remote access to data
  • A choice of data disaster recovery and backup solutions to meet your needs


Featured Content

Optimizing Your SAN for Business Continuance

Cisco's Packet magazine examines challenges in shifting to multilocation backup and TCP/IP protocols.

World's Largest SAN Infrastructure Spans Two Coasts

The SAN infrastructure for Cisco's data centers delivers previously unknown levels of manageability, scalability, and performance, allowing IT to meet disaster recovery and business continuity goals.

Create a Plan for Data Disaster Recovery and Business Continuance

SAN administrators must first address a variety of concerns before deciding to make a change to their current environment.
Business Benefits (1)

Packet Magazine February 2006: Minding the Store (PDF - 570 KB)

Brochures (9)

Cisco Data Center Network Architecture and Solutions Overview (PDF - 1 MB)

EMC and Cisco: Building Disaster Recovery and Business Continuance Solutions (PDF - 250 KB)

EMC CLARiiON and EMC\Cisco MDS Networked Storage Solutions (PDF - 400 KB)

HP and Cisco Data Replication Solutions

IBM - Disaster tolerance for enterprise, high-performance environments (PDF - 310 KB)

IBM - Disaster tolerance for midrange, high-performance environments (PDF - 230 KB)

IBM - UltraScalable Data Protection for enterprise environments (PDF - 460 KB)

IBM Cisco Heterogeneous SAN Solutions with Cisco MDS 9000 Family (PDF - 540 KB)

NetApp-Cisco Solutions (PDF - 2 MB)

White Papers (14)

Backup and Recovery Solutions with the MDS 9000 Family

Cisco MDS 9000 Family FCIP WAN Deployment Guidelines

Cisco Systems Deploys the World Largest Extended SAN Infrastructure

EMC|Cisco Invista on MDS 9000 White Paper (PDF - 99 KB)

ESG Report January 2006: Network Accelerated Serverless Backup (PDF - 1 MB)

Fibre Channel over IP Design Using the Cisco MDS 9000

Fibre Channel Write Acceleration

Inter-VSAN Routing with the Cisco MDS 9000 Family of Switches & Cisco SAN-OS 2.1

iSCSI Design Using the MDS 9000 Family of Multilayer Switches

iSCSI High Availablity Design Using the MDS 9000

Sprint Storage Transport Case Study

Storage Transport: Cisco Storage and Optical Advantage

Using the Cisco Span Port for San Analysis

Using VSANs and Zoning with the Cisco MDS 9000 Family

Business Cases (2)

SAN Implementation Yields ROI For The Enterprise - IDC 11/05  (PDF - 140 KB)

The Strategic and Financial Justification of Storage Area Networks (PDF - 170 KB)

Design Guides (1)

Data Center: SAN Extension for Business Continuance (PDF - 2 MB)

Case Studies (10)

Ahold USA Selects Cisco for Efficient Storage Switching and Disaster Recovery

Cisco IT: Amsterdam SAN

Cisco IT: MDS Interoperability

Cisco Systems Optical and SAN Technology Deployed at HP EMEA

Columbus Regional Hospital Video

MDS Provides Better Service and Lowers Costs for Cisco Enterprise Resource Mgmt

Nationwide Building Society

NBC & Cisco End-to-End Video

New Process Steel Gains Reliability and Easy Manageability (PDF - 47 KB)

Pier 1 Imports Selects Cisco Assist Data Center Move & Accommodate Rapid Growth (PDF - 94 KB)

Press Coverage (4)

Columbus Regional Hospital

Computer Technology Review Publication (PDF - 920 KB)

Karolinska University Hospital Deploys Cisco Medical-Grade Network Solution (PDF - 19 KB)

Nationwide Building Society

Presentations (1)

Cisco MDS SAN Intelligence VoD Series
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