Virtualization and Business Continuity Reciprocal Affinities: Industry Report

Virtualization and Business Continuity Reciprocal Affinities

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: IDC
Published: August 2009
Product Code: R104-39971

Description

This IDC study focuses on the potential impact that x86 server virtualization is having on business continuity (BC) practices in datacenters. This study provides detailed analysis of the shift from traditional datacenter protection to BC plans in virtualized server environments. Furthermore, it examines the issues and potential benefits that organizations should consider in formulating a virtualized roadmap.

"Virtualization has changed the way IT managers think about server deployment and energy efficiency and IDC believes that business continuity will be similarly affected," said Nathaniel Martinez, program director with IDC European System Infrastructure solutions.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
IDC Opinion
In This Study
Situation Overview
Traditional Business Continuity: Assessment and Definitions
High Availability
Maintaining Uptime with High Availability
High Availability/Geographical Clustering
Storage
Information Classes
Remote Data Replication
Continuous Data Protection
Disaster Recovery Backups
The Importance of Business Continuity
Prevention is Better Than Cure
Regulation and Standards
Disaster Recovery Planning
Customers
How Virtualization Changes Business Continuity Solutions
Virtualization Requires a Fresh Approach
Virtualization as a Driver for Business Continuity
Supporting Technologies for Business Continuity in Virtualized Environments
Integrating Traditional and Virtualization-Based Business Continuity
The Need for Integration
How to Deliver a Quick ROI with Virtualization-Based Business Continuity
Business Continuity in a Virtualized Environment
Planned Downtime: Server Maintenance
Unplanned Downtime: Server Failure
Unplanned Downtime: Workload Management
Unplanned Downtime: Large-Scale Disaster
Integration with the Wider Information Infrastructure
Further Considerations
Compliance and Management
Improved Business Continuity for the Virtual Desktop
Future Outlook
Demand
Supply
Essential Guidance
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Related Research
Synopsis
Table: Classes of Information and Levels of Protection
Table: Planned and Unplanned Downtime in Virtualized versus Traditional Business Continuity Environments
Figure: Business Continuity Strategies: High Availability Spectrum
Figure: Different Stages of Virtualization Adoption
Figure: Availability as a Key Driver for Virtualization
Figure: Planned and Unplanned Downtime Scenarios

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