Cloud Backup and DR

To protect data and ensure availability, businesses need an easy, secure way to back up or replicate date off-site to the cloud.

SD Fiber Tech, will leverage key relationships with company’s like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure and IBM Cloud, or a managed service provider to protect your data to the cloud — all without the cost of building and maintaining a second site.

SD Fiber Tech also helps you leverage the cloud for disaster recovery (DR), with replication to meet your recovery time objective (RTO) and recovery point objective (RPO) requirements.

Cloud Backup and DR Assessment

Name*

Title*

Company

Email*

Phone*

What is the goal of this project?

Virtualization Platform(s)

VMware vSphere

Microsoft Hyper-V

Citrix XenServer

Other

# of Physical Servers (not VM Hosts)

# vSphere VM's

# of Hyper-V VM's

# of Citrix VMs

# Of other VMs

Operating Systems

Windows

IBM i (AS/400)

IBM z (mainframe)

IBM p (AIX)

Linux

other

Storage (TB):

Are the servers and storage listed in the project scope?

Yes

Current Hyper-V manegment environment?

Current VMWare managment environment?

Current Backup Software?

Current recovery strategy?

Do you plan to keep using your current backup software?

Yes, I will use my current software to back up to the cloud.

Yes, but I want to augment my backups with a replication solution for shorter RTOs.

No, I want to replace it with a cloud backup solution.

other

Will you continue to backup locally?

Yes, I will require local backups.

No, remote/cloud backups will suffice.

Do you require the ability to run applications in the cloud for business continuity purposes?

Yes, I need to be able to recover and run applications in the cloud.

No, I just need to get data offsite for local recovery back to my site.

Do you want the provider to help manage the solution and provide failover and backup support?

Yes, I would like a managed DRaaS solution.

No, I would like a self-service DRaaS solution.

I want to see both options.

Compliance Standards Required

SSAE 16 Type II

SOX

PCI

ISO 27001

FedRAMP

HIPAA

GLBA

FISMA

Data Center Locations Required

United States

Canada

S. America

Europe

APAC

How long can your applications be down after a disaster (RTO)?

<1 HR

1-4 HR

4-12 HR

>24 HR

How much data can you afford to lose in a disaster (RPO)?

<1 HR

1-4 HR

4-12 HR

>24 HR

Endpoint Backups (Endpoints refer to desktops and laptops).

Yes, I need to backup endpoints in addition to servers.

No, I only need to backup servers.

Is long-term data retention part of this project?

Yes, I need to retain long-term data in the cloud

No, I have data retention covered already.

other

Data Retention Policy

>3 months

3-12 months

>1 year

Other

Primary Connection Type:

Internet

MPLS

VPN

Size of Pipe (Mbps)

Are you using a SAN or NAS today?

Yes

Do you currently have a second site for DR purposes?

Yes, I have a hot site with mirrored infrastructure.

Yes, I have a warm site with backups and limited infrastructure.

No, I don't have a second site

Are you currently using any of these technologies?

Cisco Compute

EMC Storage

NetApp Storage

other

Do you need to protect virtual desktops in your DR plan?

Yes, Windows desktop OS.

Yes, Windows server OS.

No, not part of this project.

Do you use Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) today?

Yes

"Go Live" date for this project?

Budget

Cloud Backup and DR Assessment

Name

Last*

Title*

Company

Email*

Phone*

What is the goal of this project?

Virtualization Platform(s)

VMware vSphere

Microsoft Hyper-V

Citrix XenServer

Other

# of Physical Servers (not VM Hosts)

# of Hyper-V VM's

# vSphere VM's

# of Citrix VMs

# Of other VMs

Operating Systems

Windows

IBM i (AS/400)

IBM z (mainframe)

IBM p (AIX)

Linux

other

Storage (TB):

Are the servers and storage listed in the project scope?

Yes

Current Hyper-V manegment environment?

Current VMWare managment environment?

Current Backup Software?

Current recovery strategy?

Do you plan to keep using your current backup software?

Yes, I will use my current software to back up to the cloud.

Yes, but I want to augment my backups with a replication solution for shorter RTOs.

No, I want to replace it with a cloud backup solution.

other

Will you continue to backup locally?

Yes, I will require local backups.

No, remote/cloud backups will suffice.

Do you require the ability to run applications in the cloud for business continuity purposes?

Yes, I need to be able to recover and run applications in the cloud.

No, I just need to get data offsite for local recovery back to my site.

Do you want the provider to help manage the solution and provide failover and backup support?

Yes, I would like a managed DRaaS solution.

No, I would like a self-service DRaaS solution.

I want to see both options.

Data Center Locations Required

United States

Canada

S. America

Europe

APAC

Compliance Standards Required

SSAE 16 Type II

SOX

PCI

ISO 27001

FedRAMP

HIPAA

GLBA

FISMA

How much data can you afford to lose in a disaster (RPO)?

<1 HR

1-4 HR

4-12 HR

>24 HR

How long can your applications be down after a disaster (RTO)?

<1 HR

1-4 HR

4-12 HR

>24 HR

Endpoint Backups (Endpoints refer to desktops and laptops).

Yes, I need to backup endpoints in addition to servers.

No, I only need to backup servers.

Is long-term data retention part of this project?

Yes, I need to retain long-term data in the cloud

No, I have data retention covered already.

other

Data Retention Policy

>3 months

3-12 months

>1 year

Other

Primary Connection Type:

Internet

MPLS

VPN

Size of Pipe (Mbps)

Are you using a SAN or NAS today?

Yes

Do you currently have a second site for DR purposes?

Yes, I have a hot site with mirrored infrastructure.

Yes, I have a warm site with backups and limited infrastructure.

No, I don't have a second site

Are you currently using any of these technologies?

Cisco Compute

EMC Storage

NetApp Storage

other

Do you use Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) today?

Yes

Do you need to protect virtual desktops in your DR plan?

Yes, Windows desktop OS.

Yes, Windows server OS.

No, not part of this project.

Budget

"Go Live" date for this project?

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Cloud Storage Assessment

Cloud Backup and DR

To protect data and ensure availability, businesses need an easy, secure way to back up or replicate date off-site to the cloud.

SD Fiber Tech, will leverage key relationships with company’s like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure and IBM Cloud, or a managed service provider to protect your data to the cloud — all without the cost of building and maintaining a second site.

SD Fiber Tech also helps you leverage the cloud for disaster recovery (DR), with replication to meet your recovery time objective (RTO) and recovery point objective (RPO) requirements.

Cloud Backup and DR Assessment

Cloud Backup and DR Assessment

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