“It’s all about the recovery”
Eran Farajun, Asigra

Of course backing up remote site data is imperative. But when something actually goes wrong, IT managers know it’s all about the recovery. There are challenges to consider when deciding how to best protect remote office/branch office (ROBO) data. Tape-based systems introduce some risky shortcomings for ROBOs.

Setting and achieving remote site recovery objectives can mean boomerang challenges for IT managers. First of all, users expect “utopia”—but they generally have no concept of how much “utopia” costs to deliver. Ask them to hire a dedicated systems administrator to do tape backups, or to be prepared to pay $500 per backup tape for four-hour retrieval from an off-site repository, and they’ll quickly offer up the “isn’t this a data center problem?” defense.

But back at the data center, the harsh reality is that protecting remote office data is not the top priority. With always-limited budgets, IT managers often have to concentrate resources on protecting critical enterprise data. It’s simply not worth siphoning off precious IT assets to implement the highest level of protection for remote office and laptop data perceived to be less important. Unfortunately, it’s only when something actually happens to that data—important mail files are deleted, backup tapes are stolen or a major disaster shuts down the office—that people gain proper respect for ROBO data. And, as the recovery-scramble ensues, more often than not it’s the central IT department that takes the heat for any lost or compromised data and business or application downtime at the remote site.

So, it seems, the challenges of data recovery always land squarely back in the hands of the IT department. But how can a resource-constrained IT organization adequately and cost-effectively protect remote site data? The first step is to recognize that tape recovery is not the solution to achieving aggressive RPOs/RTOs. In fact, tape is more than likely the limiting technology and the true source of the IT manager’s pain.

Asigra Televaulting solution is engineered from the ground up to ensure recoverability of remote office data. Asigra solutions eliminate the pain of tape-based recovery, helping companies define and attain business-protecting recovery goals. Leveraging D2D technology to ensure fast, reliable, secure, and cost-effective data recovery, Asigra Televaulting software helps IT managers achieve optimal recovery point and recovery time objectives (RPOs and RTOs) for every category of remote site data. With agentless technology designed to maximize data recoverability, Asigra Televaulting software eliminates remote site backup and recovery pain points. Using this technology, IT departments can cost-effectively manage and improve RPOs and RTOs for remote sites. Tape-based systems simply cannot offer equivalent recovery speed and reliability, data security and overall economy.