Computerworld - Companies no longer define business continuity in terms of hours or days but as point-in-time backups and instant recoveries. The question is how to deliver that in-house without breaking the bank.
The good news is that for a growing number of midtier applications, the cost might be zero. However, taking your company to this higher level of business continuity requires some planning and forethought. Free or low-cost snapshots, asynchronous replication and continuous data protection (CDP) features are available on some products if one knows which products to buy and what features to look for.
Achieving higher levels of business continuity is not necessarily cost-prohibitive, but it will not occur by accident. Utilizing lesser-known features in current products or buying lesser-known products can take your company closer to its desired objective of near-real-time recovery at little or no extra cost.
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