Business continuity and disaster recovery – BCDR

Cloud infrastructure has some characteristics that can be distinct advantages in realizing BCDR, depending on the scenario:

  • Rapid elasticity and on-demand self-service provides flexible infrastructure that can be quickly deployed to execute an actual disaster recovery without unexpected ceilings.
  • Broad network connectivity reduces operational risk.
  • Cloud infrastructure providers have a highly automated and resilient infrastructure backing all offered services.
  • Pay-per-use can mean tremendous cost savings and no capital expenditures to support a BCDR strategy.

Scenarios that should be considered when considering cloud services are the following:

  • On-premises, cloud as BCDR: An existing, on-premises ...

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