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Data Backup and Disaster Recovery Solutions
Business Continuity is not something implemented at the time of a disaster, but activities performed daily to maintain service, consistency and recoverability. When critical business functions aren't available to customers, suppliers or employees, money is lost, resources are disrupted and reputation is at risk.
In today's business environment, downtime is not an option. Every business, small and large, should have a business continuity plan in place. Ascent DBR solutions, including Private Cloud Remote Data Backup, Disaster Recovery and Managed Services, provide the necessary tools to achieve business continuity.
Digital Remote Data Backup
Ascent Data's Remote Data Backup solution is the next generation in fully managed data backup and recovery. Unlike traditional backup solutions, it de-duplicates and delivers full virtual backups daily, while dramatically lowering capital and operating expenses. The entire process is managed by Ascent Data. Redundant data is eliminated at the source before data is transferred and stored to disk, enabling fast and efficient daily backups.
- De-duplication of backup data spans globally across sites, servers and office locations, reducing backup costs significantly
- Reduction of daily full backup time by up to 12x
- Low bandwidth backup solution
- Secure, efficient use of existing LAN/WAN links and virtual infrastructure
- Backup data can be encrypted in flight and at rest
- High availability and reliability
- Server integrity and backup data recoverability verified daily
- Immediate data recovery, without restoring full backups and subsequent incrementals VMware infrastructure backups
Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
Ascent Data is a fully equipped hotsite that has the equipment, network connections and environmental conditions necessary for restoring your data and getting your systems up and running in the event of a disaster.
- Consulting and planning
- Design, deployment and management of DR Plan
- Application, database and full server failover
- Flexible Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and Recovery Time Objective (RTO) targets
- Flexible backup schedule, including set up, configuration, management and restoration
- Off-site tape rotation
Colo DR
Colocation for Disaster Recovery, provides a secondary site for your IT infrastructure that mirrors the primary site, in the event that the primary data becomes unattainable.
Recovery Cloud DR
Cloud Computing can be an important foundation to a rapid recovery, low data loss DR solution. Regularly synchronizing production environments with Ascent2Cloud allows for rapid recovery into the cloud in the event of a disaster or data loss.
To learn more about how we can help your business, call Ascent Data today at 412.968.4000 or email sales@ascentdata.com.
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Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Flooding, Earthquakes
Once never, Now the Norm for PA
In the past, hurricanes would have been classified as unusual, isolated events in Western PA. But recently we've seen tornadoes, flooding, power outages and even felt the effects of an earthquake.
Fortunately, Western PA has been on the fringe of recent major weather events. Take the time to evaluate your IT infrastructure now and put a DR plan in place to ensure that your business is prepared for the next natural disaster.
Hurricane Irene prompts Tom Corbett to declare emergency in Pennsylvania
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Cyber Security
Security
Cutting-edge security technology, alert services and incident management support that helps decrease system vulnerability. Experienced security teams can proactively test servers for vulnerabilities.
Managed Firewall
Shift firewall workload from your own dedicated infrastructure to a virtual service architecture that is capable of dispensing abundant firewall capacity on demand. You gain the same level of firewall protection and customization benefits as with a traditional dedicated firewall service, but at a much lower cost.
Monitoring
The most current information about systems and equipment availability, capacity constraints, website performance, visitor traffic and more, to help provide a comprehensive picture of how your business is performing.
Professional Services
Keeps you ahead of the competition by providing direct access to the specialized skills and expertise Ascent Data has developed in planning and managing some of the most demanding sites in the world.
Automated Problem Detection and Resolution
Automates problem detection and resolution by allowing system administrators to set specific business rules and thresholds for problem identification. Allows you to run any command, script or application, such as remote reboot or restart of processes, to resolve system problems when threshold values are reached.
Customizable Alerts
Alerts sent to system administrators via email, text message, or other specified contact method, if any components of your system should fall below determined performance thresholds.
Extensive Drill-Down Reporting
Real-time reporting capability. Choose from your own customized reports or a number of pre-designed reports on areas including System Availability, System Performance, SLA Compliance, Alert History and Data Transfers.
Customer and Technical Support
Our staff uses state-of-the-art monitor and management systems and is on duty 24x7x365 to provide Level 1 live virtual support. Ascent Data stands behind every service we provide and will work closely with you to develop the best solutions to satisfy your IT requirements.
