Chaos Engineering :D

is the discipline of experimenting on a system in order to build confidence in the system’s capability to withstand turbulent conditions in production.

Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS)

Disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) is the replication and hosting of physical or virtual servers by a third party to provide failover in the event of a natural catastrophe, power outage or another type of business disruption.

RTO - recovery time objective & RPO - recovery point objective

 The recovery time objective (RTO) is the maximum tolerable length of time that a computer, system, network, or application can be down after a failure or disaster occurs.

8 DRaaS risks to identify and remediate

Before signing with a specific DRaaS provider, get information on how the vendor handles data protection and recovery and restoration, among other things.

Steps for a successful DRaaS implementation

For organizations with an established technology disaster recovery (DR) program, disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) can automate specific functions, such as updating procedures, providing real-time analytics on the status of the program and DR plan exercising. Organizations with minimal or no DR activities can use DRaaS resources to configure a suitable and cost-effective program in a relatively short amount of time. Depending on the resources available from the DRaaS vendor, additional activities such as monitoring critical infrastructure elements, backing up data and applications and even monitoring of production environments can be selected

DRaaS vs. cloud DR: What are the differences?

 Disaster recovery as a service and cloud DR have the same end goal, but there are pros and cons to each approach that admins must consider before going with one over the other.

The difference between disaster avoidance and recovery

Disasters are an unavoidable fact of everyday business. If the forces of nature aren't conspiring against you, there is certainly no shortage of man-made atrocities that can shutter a data center. This means disaster planning and preparation are a critical aspect of any business plan. But there is no single approach to disaster preparedness, and the emphasis on disaster response is changing as new technologies and capabilities become readily available to everyday businesses. Let's examine the relationship between disaster recovery and disaster avoidance for the modern data center.