In this Experts & Insights podcast, Matt Law, senior PMM at BakBone, talks to Storage Expert Ray Lucchesi of Silverton Consulting about recovery time objectives (RTOs) and recovery point objectives (RPOs). Ray discusses how the criticality of business activities associated with an application and its data determines RPO and RTO requirements.
It’s not enough to simply lay out a plan on paper for meeting recovery time and recovery point objectives. To minimize downtime and data loss in a real-world situation, it’s crucial to plan before disaster strikes. As our experts discuss, this planning includes classifying your data and applications, setting internal expectations for RTOs and RPOs, and testing your plan.
Featured experts include Stephen Wynkoop, Microsoft SQL Server MVP; Robby Wright, Chief Technical Consultant from Abtech; Dennis Martin, President of Demartek; and Mark LeBlanc, Network Specialist at the Edmonton Public Library.
In this Experts & Insights podcast, Gary Parker, senior PMM at BakBone, talks to Storage Expert Ray Lucchesi of Silverton Consulting about data classification. Ray shares with us how to create a data classification strategy that safeguards your business based on the value of its data. This podcast also explores how to determine the value of data by evaluating the real Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPO); how to work with users to create classes of data such as Static, Business-Vital and Mission-Critical; and how to assign storage software and hardware systems based on the class of data to gain maximum use of resources.
We all know that downtime is a huge issue for everyone, especially as it affects email, databases and file servers. In this Experts & Insights video, we take a close-up look at the data protection challenges and solutions surrounding downtime. Featured experts include Stephen Wynkoop, Microsoft SQL Server MVP; Arun Taneja, Founder and Consulting Analyst with The Taneja Group; Robby Wright, Chief Technical Consultant from Abtech; Dennis Martin, President of Demartek; and Mark LeBlanc, Network Specialist at the Edmonton Public Library.