4 tips to plan for cloud computing outages
February 24, 2014
Grazed from TechPageOne. Author: Dennis Smith.
Cloud computing‘s popularity is on the rise. Service providers like Amazon are providing public cloud hosting at rapidly decreasing prices, while bandwidth capacities are increasing. However, just because it’s virtual doesn’t mean it’s infallible. Cloud computing outages – from a failed component to total service meltdown – are inevitable.
During such events, businesses will lose access to data and resources and suffer downtime, impacting revenues. Recovering from these disasters depends upon the strength of the business’ cloud outage contingency plan. The importance of a contingency/business-continuity plan cannot be emphasized enough…
You already have one for your physical network, so build a cloud computing plan that covers all eventualities — or as many as possible. A good cloud outage plan should include contingencies for data recovery, continuity, and (in extreme cases) infrastructure failures. The plan’s parameters will vary, depending on the size of the organization and data usage patterns. Here are 4 tips on where to start:…
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