Disaster recovery planning continues to be a priority initiative for businesses of all types. However, all kinds of solutions exist. One of those alternatives, and the focus of this article, is using a colocation data center. You can use a colocation facility rather than setting up your own disaster recovery site in a remote location. Learn more about Disaster Recovery by visiting our website http://www.cyrusone.com/index.php?do=home.services&sp=disaster_recovery_space.

1. DISASTER RECOVERY
USING COLOCATION FOR A SOUND AND ECONOMICAL STRATEGY

2. DISASTER RECOVERY
USING COLOCATION FOR A SOUND AND ECONOMICAL STRATEGY
 Disaster recovery planning continues as priority initiative for all businesses
 However all kinds of solutions exist
 Focus of this article is using colocation data center
 Use a colocation facility rather than setting own disaster recovery site in a remote location
 Safeguard operations by migrating companies to a colocation service provider
 Equipment that is housed off-site is a good colocation solution for disaster recovery
 Organization will have access to a data center for housing own network, servers and storage
equipment

3. DISASTER RECOVERY
USING COLOCATION FOR A SOUND AND ECONOMICAL STRATEGY
Advantages of Colocation for Disaster Recover y
 Moving equipment to a remote location will reduce overhead and increase operating efficiencies
 However, considering colocation as disaster recovery solution, the migration decision becomes much
easier to make
 Many providers offer managed service model, this type of service strategy makes sense in certain
situation. However a colocation model has definite advantage for disaster recovery
 Outsourced operation means giving up some control
 You’re dependent on your outsourcing provider to manage operating expertly, even when disaster
strikes
 In colocation, you still maintain control over all hardware, software, communications and other issues
 Only difference is data center is in a different location

4. DISASTER RECOVERY
USING COLOCATION FOR A SOUND AND ECONOMICAL STRATEGY
Evaluating Security Features of a Colocation Facility
 Inspect the site in person
 Evaluate the generator situation - determine how many generators are in place, they’re location and
accessibility
 Check UPS rooms to check overall efficiency and protection
 Check facilities security – confirm around-the-clock monitoring cameras, video, security and
surveillance personnel
 Check if facility is SAE16 compliant – security features will most likely have an excellent disaster
recovery solution

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USING COLOCATION FOR A SOUND AND ECONOMICAL STRATEGY
Location of a Colocation Facility
 Use a colocation facility in close proximity to your organization
 Close proximity allows quick access to colocation facility
 Using colocation facility for disaster recovery is a sound and economical decision

6. DISASTER RECOVERY
USING COLOCATION FOR A SOUND AND ECONOMICAL STRATEGY
CyrusOne Guaranteed Per formance
 Delivering 100% uptime Service Level Agreement
 Guaranteed performance through distributed redundant power architecture
 Maintain one leg at 2N while opting to use another in an N+1 or other configuration
 Use of multiple parallel transformers with multiple parallel underground utility feeds
 Seamless power continuity and 100 percent uptime
 Increase availability and efficiency of customer’s business apps and safeguarding data in highly
secure data center regardless of disaster events

7. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
NICOLE AGUILLARD IS MARKETING DIRECTOR FOR CYRUSONE, A
GLOBAL ENTERPRISE COLOCATION PROVIDER OPERATING 23
HIGHLY SECURE DATA CENTERS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES,
LONDON AND SINGAPORE. LEARN MORE ABOUT
DISASTER RECOVERY BY VISITING OUR WEBSITE.