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March 27, 2015

Automated DRM for Database Management and Business Continuity

By TMCnet Special Guest
Lakshman Narayanaswamy, Co-Founder & Vice President -- Products, Sanovi Technologies

Having continuous access to corporate data is critical for any business, as even a short interruption can cause significant financial loss. There are plenty of threats businesses face when it comes to ensuring that systems and data can be recovered in the event of a disaster, natural or not. For example, the recent blizzard that hit northeastern U.S. caused widespread power outages that undoubtedly impacted businesses, especially ones that didn't have a viable disaster recovery plan in place. The storm, called 'Juno', was so massive that it could be seen forming from the International Space Station well before it actually hit ground, giving people time to prepare. In fact, leaders in several major cities advised workers to stay home, and hundreds of schools were closed.

Besides being buried in snow, many areas in New England that were hit particularly hard lost power in the midst of the storm’s fury. Businesses felt the impact, especially ones without an automated DR system in place. In a natural disaster like this, businesses are at risk of losing access to the critical information stored in their databases. And, often times, complicated DR configurations are out of date when disaster actually does strike.  Furthermore, there are usually only a few people in the organization that have the technical knowledge and skill to configure DR, and if they can't access the data center, the problem gets worse fast.

Having data replicated and backed up is not enough to ensure full business continuity in the event of a disaster. Today, many businesses companies often have infrastructure in on-premises and in the cloud (cloud is very popular for DR), and need automated and agnostic DRM tools in place to perform what only a few IT administrators have the expertise to do manually. These DRM tools need to integrate seamlessly with infrastructure that recover data instantly, and that don't interfere with production of the infrastructure.  In addition, an adequate DRM tool needs to cover the entire DR life cycle of monitoring, managing and recovering systems and the critical data that is stored on the most widely used databases, including: Oracle Database, IBM (News - Alert) DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PostGres and MaxDB.

In the end, it's not a question of if a disaster happens, but when it does. With automated DRM in place, businesses can reduce the amount of time to recover data by eliminating the manual steps previously required to do so. Through a single and intuitive console, even IT administrators with limited expertise can manage multiple databases throughout the entire DR lifecycle, regardless of what replication technologies are in use. Overall, automated DRM has become a necessity for businesses that are faced with the very real threat of disasters, whether natural or not.

About the Author: Armed with over 20 years of experience in the networking, information and storage management, and IT recovery and Disaster Recovery Solutions spaces of the information technology industry, Lakshman is one of the co-founders of Sanovi and also the Vice President of its Products division. As VP – Products, Lakshman is responsible for product management and marketing to ensure the Sanovi DRM suite of software remains a market leader and exceeds customer expectations.




Edited by Dominick Sorrentino
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