In our data protection research, we have discovered that there are quite a number of companies that say they do Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS). Just what is DRaaS? What are the basic requirements? Is using a public cloud better than using hosted DRaaS? Are there any risks? Is DRaaS just a dump-and-go? Is …
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Our data protection analysis focuses on the ever-growing list of requirements of the modern data center and hybrid cloud. We look for those requirements that address the future, not the past, and classify them into major categories, adding categories as needed. The categories are then graphed to form the basis of our coverage reports.
As we all know, data protection is not really about how we back up or replicate data. Instead, it is about how we recover our data. Recovery is not just about a disaster; it is also about files and continual testing. Data protection must not be “set and forget.” Our ever-changing hybrid cloud environments require …
