Virtualisation: the indomitable gall of thrifty business continuity
Business continuity can take many forms, from simply making sure key personnel are contactable at all times to having an separate facility built to relocate to in case of a disaster. Yet one aspect that is nearly always consistent is data backup and recovery: making sure vital information is saved in a safe place, and can be recovered when needed.
The latest technology to provide benefits for backup and recovery is virtualisation, allowing multiple machines to be created in a single physical box.
The benefits virtualisation provides to a business continuity plan are quite straightforward. Rather than having to spend large amounts of money and time duplicating physical systems, organisations can put in place a virtual disaster recovery environment. The major benefit comes from the ease and low cost of setting up virtual machines; it is much easier to create “spare” machines, and to have them distributed more widely, greatly reducing the chances that a disaster will cripple the business.
See Virtualisation: the indomitable gall of thrifty business continuity.
