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Why do I need Managed Disaster Recovery (MDR)?

If access to your data and email is the lifeblood of your business - or a regulatory requirement - you need to be sure unexpected events don’t impact your ability to deliver business as usual.

IT Lab, preferred IT partner to over 400 businesses in the UK, has created a unique MDR product range that brings enterprise-class disaster recovery within reach of all data-dependent businesses.

MDR means you can:

Be up and running in hours, or even minutes, whatever has happened.
Be prepared for fire, theft, hackers, natural disaster and more.
Fulfil Sarbanes-Oxley, FSA, ISO17799 & ISO27001 requirements.
Provide total peace of mind to your customers and your owners.

Why is IT Lab MDR unique?

MDR sits between costly full business continuity planning (BCP) and simple off-site data storage, providing a totally managed failover solution focussed on your data infrastructure.

With MDR you can be sure the data and applications your customers and staff rely on will be up and running as soon as possible without the expense of a full BCP solution or the uncertainty of other data back-up methods. Add to that the 24/7 attention of IT Lab’s 100+ team and you can be sure that if the day comes, you will be ready.

How does MDR work?

MDR is offered with a range of SLAs and software choices. While many companies direct you to their preferred partner or a software-only solution, we use a combination of software and human beings to ensure best practice for your organisation every time.

Some of the elements we combine to deliver you the perfect combination, include:

Co-location in Tier IV data centres

100% secure offsite hosting for your ‘warm’ server.

Offsite back-up to IBM storage centres

Replicating your data using the PriceWaterhouseCoopers-recommended Attix5 solution.

Image ghosting

Physically rotating Network Attached Storage devices to the data centre with exact images of your server to maximise data and application availability.

Bit-level data mirroring

Using any one of a variety of packages depending on your needs, including: Symantec System Recovery Server, Double-Take, Neverfail, CA XOsoft, Veritas Replication Exec.

Grey matter

Using top-level engineers to implement, maintain and constantly test the solution - because after an event is too late to find out your back-up hasn’t been working properly.

And more

Whilst we are a senior Microsoft, HP, Attix5, Fortinet and Cisco partner, at IT Lab we pride ourselves on our independence and always choose the right solution to meet your requirements regardless of brand. With MDR, getting it absolutely right is the only imperative.

What’s the next step?

The first phase of implementing MDR is to undertake a full audit of your infrastructure and business requirements. Contact us on 0845 359 0055 to start the process or to find out more.

Is MDR overkill?

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Is MDR not enough?

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