High Availability vs. Tape DR: For IBMi

HA vs Tape DR

1.????Data protection- with HA you are in a near real time replication of all possible system data.?With tape you are only as good as your last backup or last good backup depending on timing.

2.????Minimize lost transactions/revenue- With that last good backup how far back is the data? 12 hours? 18 hours??24 hours??48 hours??With a properly managed HA solution you are protected in near real time.??

3.????Financial risk- how much data can your business afford to lose? How much is an hour’s worth of transactions for your business??Multiply that out over recovery time target and reality and see what you would lose waiting for your system to be restored and then repair damaged transactions.??

4.????Failover timing- with a tested HA solution you can be back up and running in 4 hours or less bringing your company back from the edge of disaster with tape it is on average 2.5 times the length of the time that it takes to save the data for restoration after you start the recovery.??

5.????Business protection- you protect the business by having the complete environment offsite vs managing tape-based solutions where you need to know exactly where your tapes are and which ones you need and in which order to restore from the backup(s).?

6.????Tape management- you don’t have to worry if your tapes can get to DR site as the site is already populated with your data via HA software.?

7.????BCS Remote Managed Services – The BCS team of IBMi / QEDD engineers monitor you replication 24/7/365. We receive problem alerts, QEDD status snapshots throughout the day, fix any issues with replication, manage your configurations, etc. 24/7/365. We take the worry out of your HA/DR and backup solution.?We’re always here for you.