A Business Continuity solution for IT needn’t be costly. Cloud Pilot Light Disaster Recovery needs only the bare minimum resources to keep the important data synced. It consumes only that which is needed to trigger a recovery without upfront investment in infrastructure. It activates quickly, and scales up when you need it to. Unlike most strategies, you pay very little for the resources consumed while inactive, and pay as you go for the full resources only while they are required.
Co-located or On-Premises DR solutions require significant upfront investment (CAPEX) in hardware and supporting infrastructure like networking, firewalls, and power distribution. High monthly expenses are incurred for co-location items such as rackspace, power and bandwidth. On-premises solutions consume power, cooling and valuable floor space. Whichever the strategy, the costs can be considerable for the life of the solution which really is just insurance against an anomalous event.
Amazon Web Services is an ideal platform for a pilot light DR solution. A primary site could be completely offline for weeks even months. With cloud, no secondary site is needed. Its resources may be accessed from anywhere with a VPN connection. Recovery is rapid, and the workforce can be back online in 24 hours or less. The solution will function as long as needed. Costs of all server instances and data transfer is only incurred while the system is powered up an in use.
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