The third-party part

The third-party part

So with your virtualized servers, your switched SANs and your other new data center technologies, you don’t need to hire a disaster-recovery provider to stand by with space and equipment. Or do you? While you may save big bucks bringing data center business continuity in-house, you still might want to consider off-site specialists for the following needs:

• Stand-by space equipped with PCs and telephones where key workgroups can continue operating, such as call center personnel.

• Design and testing of failover systems.

• Testing and management of your older equipment kept for disaster failovers.

• Dry-run training days and results analysis.

• Help during the hectic hours when transferring from one site to another – and for failing back when the problem site is ready to go live again.