Local Redundant Backups & Mirrored Cloud Backups
Wayfinder IT Solutions' goal is 100 percent data Integrity and protection. That's why local redundant backups and mirrored cloud backups are so important.
How We Protect Your Data
We run daily to hourly backups to local network-attached storage (NAS). This dedicated file storage enables the retrieval of client data from centralized disk capacity. Wayfinder IT Solutions' NAS systems are flexible and scalable. As you need additional backup storage, you can add to what you have. NAS is like having a private cloud backup in the office. Wayfinder IT Solutions follows these best practices to safeguard your data:
- Run one full backup every 8 hours with daily incremental backups and weekly full backups. Retention is 30 days.
- Back up the NAS to a public cloud (AWS) using the same backup strategy.
- Mirror the backups with another AWS region.
- Backing up from the NAS to the cloud offers a second layer of redundancy.
- Restoring from the 10gb/sec networked NAS is faster than restoring from the cloud . This is why we continue to utilize local backups.
Real-Time Replication & Cloud Failover of Critical Systems
We replicate production, virtual servers, and virtual workstations in real-time from our private cloud to a target in Azure, AWS, or Google. Then, if the production environment has a catastrophic failure, a simple DNS change points production to the replicated virtual servers and workstations in Azure. We can do all this more cost-effectively than relying solely on the public cloud.
What are Mirrored Cloud Backups?
The public cloud can go down in certain regions, rendering clients without access to their environments. This has happened to Microsoft and AWS.
A mirrored cloud backup is a copy of the initial cloud backups to a second cloud region. After a backup to the cloud from the local NAS, Wayfinder IT Solutions creates an identical mirrored copy of your cloud backup in a different geographic public cloud region So, all of your data is redundantly backed up in the cloud.
This best practice protects against a single public cloud region of Azure or AWS going down (which they do). This backs up everything on the server or workstation rather than just the files and folders. Examples are:
- Personal Documents
- The Operating System
- Apps
- Boot Information
- Hidden Files
- Your Settings and Preferences
- Any Installed Software
Running a mirror backup captures your files and everything you need to get your system running smoothly in the event of a crash.
Organizations Running Mission-Critical Applications
If you're running mission-critical applications in an on premise cloud or the Wayfinder IT Solutions private cloud, replicating your production environments to the public cloud in multiple regions using a hybrid combination will support high-availability and disaster recovery should you need it.
Tier 4 Data Center
Wayfinder IT Solutions is backed up by a tier 4 data center, the most advanced type of data center, combining and exceeding the features and capabilities of tiers 1-3, including:
- Redundant and dual-powered instances of servers, storage, and network links
- Redundancy is applied across the entire data center's computing and non-computing infrastructure
- Power cooling equipment
- End-to-end fault resistance
- Physical and logical security
- 7x24, 365 NOC
- SOC1 and SOC2 compliant
Because a tier 4 data center is fault-tolerant, any unplanned issue can occur without interrupting operations. Furthermore, a completely fault-tolerant data center with redundancy for every component tier 4 comes with an expected data center uptime of 99.995% per year (only just 26.3 minutes of downtime per year).
Domain, DNS, SSL, & AV
We manage domain, DNS, SSL, & AV processes for our private cloud customers. Having DNS servers on-premises can result in outages. Our DNS servers are globally dispersed, guaranteeing your DNS 100% uptime.
Virtual Server & Website/App Monitoring
In our private cloud or public cloud Wayfinder IT Solutions can spin up any virtual machine you need. For example, do you have an extensive application or a website getting thousands of hits per second? We can spin up dev and QA virtual environments on which your development team can create software.
You may have a single server that can support numerous development projects or a single development project across multiple servers. We build dedicated virtual servers for clients with a broad spectrum of needs. We are secure, flexible, and able to meet the requirements of what you are trying to do.
Managing your IT infrastructure is critical to ensure all your servers are operating as expected. Our tools monitor the virtual machines, the physical hosts, and applications in the private cloud environment. And thanks to segmented firewall rules design and DMZ’s, each virtual server is only accessible to you.
Your Data is Essential to Your Business
P2V (Physical to Virtual) Design, Migration, & Implementation
Have you considered transforming your physical IT infrastructure (servers, storage, and workstations) environment into a virtual one? There are many reasons you should!
Save Money
- Lower Energy Consumption
- Adopt Green Computing
- Lower Operational Costs
- Insure Against Technological Obsolescence
Regulatory Requirements
- Improves IT Governance
- Acquisitions, Mergers, and Splits
- Wayfinder IT Solutions will virtualize your physical servers, SAN, and workstations. This protects against future technological obsolescence and moves your organization to a more cost effective OpEx model vs. CapEx
- Compliance with Federal Requirements
- Compliance with Customer Requirements
Integrate with Your Infrastructure
- Consolidate Services
- Replace Aging Infrastructure
- Scalability and Agility with Your IT Environment
- Adopt New Technologies
- Pay for only the resources you need