Utilize a DR Vendor

Who Can Account for All of Your Company’s Recovery Time Objectives

Companies have stringent requirements to uphold regarding disaster recovery and business continuity. Upholding these standards does not guarantee a company will come through a significant business interruption.

This makes DR and BC planning critical during a tough economy, as there is less room for error. In today’s current economic situation, a company simply cannot afford to lose money due to unscheduled downtime. Although not an industry standard, we categorize Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs) into three categories:

• Tier One: RTO of 0 to 4 hours,
• Tier Two: RTO of 24 hours,
• Tier Three: RTO of 48 hours.

A company’s disaster recovery plan should address specific RTOs for individual departments, and provides a plan of action to accomplish each objective. Unfortunately, some recovery vendors do not address this tiered approach.

Many co-location vendors address Tier One needs of 0 to 4 hours but do not provide Tier Two and Tier Three RTO requirements. Some hot-site facilities address Tier One and Tier Two needs but may not make room for the Tier 3 RTO needs.

These are tough choices in any economic situation. Companies who choose to use these third-party vendors have three options – find another vendor to provide Tier Two and Tier Three services, utilize a Tier One product for all of their disaster recovery needs or invest in the expensive and risky plan to take the solution in-house.

Rentsys Recovery Services, Inc. recommends companies utilize a vendor who addresses all their specific RTO needs for each department. A single source-provider capable of meeting specific RTOs of the company’s multiple departments provides cost saving benefits. We are one of a handful of vendors capable of addressing all of the RTO needs of our clients with customizable solutions and a price-base for each.

Rentsys Recovery provides services centering on our client’s RTO needs. Our Tier One solution consists of our Business Recovery Centers (BRCs) providing clients with a place to co-locate equipment for disaster recovery or production needs. These facilities are built for recovery purposes and offer data center space, workspace, monitoring services and other amenities.

These facilities can also accommodate Tier Two needs. Rentsys Recovery BRCs provide hot-site equipment and racks along with testing suites and on-site support. Our clients can choose to back up their data directly to one of our facilities or have their tapes shipped to a facility. The primary advantage and point of distinction from Tier One to Tier Two is the cost difference to our clients.

Tier Three needs are addressed with our Mobile Recovery Center (MRC) fleet. We have the nation’s largest fleet of rapid-deployment MRC units. These units travel as 18-wheeler trailers and are pulled by our own fleet of tractors and drivers. Once on site they deploy in as little as two hours. The MRC units can be deployed as workspace, call centers, data centers and mobile banks.

Rentsys Recovery brings people and data together by providing secure and rapid communications recovery. We have a nationwide satellite network providing our clients the flexibility of recovery anywhere and providing voice capabilities for the most robust enterprise-level call centers.

Our clients determine what a “disaster” event is and declare according to their disaster recovery plan. Whether the event is a regional natural disaster or a man-made business interruption affecting a city block, Rentsys Recovery provides our clients with the ability to determine how they manage the interruption according to priority and cost based on our tiered RTO platform of solutions.