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Why you need an AWS cross region disaster recovery plan

0 Steven Duff AWS, cloud management, Disaster Recovery, Server Management

When it comes to developing a disaster recovery (DR) plan for your business, there isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach. However, despite the many variables that go into forming a specific DR plan, almost any business will benefit from the geographic diversity offered through AWS cross-region disaster recovery.

In the following article, we’ll explain why AWS cross-region disaster recovery should be part of most DR plans, and highlight a few non-DR benefits related to cross-regional storage. We’ll also explain how CloudRanger can help save time and money by simplifying your company’s cross-regional backup and disaster recovery process.

Is your AWS Data Management Strategy fit for purpose?

0 Steven Duff Amazon Web Services, cloud management

It’s no secret that businesses are abandoning traditional on-site data centers in favor of cloud-based platforms like Amazon Web Services. While there are numerous benefits to migrating data to the cloud, having an AWS data management strategy in place is essential for long-term success. After all, what’s the point of moving your data to AWS if you aren’t equipped to take full advantage of its costing-cutting, time-saving features? As the old adage goes, look before you leap.

In the following article, we’ll explore some of the benefits of choosing AWS over onsite hosting, and discuss a few of the necessary components needed for crafting a coherent AWS data management strategy. We’ll also explain how CloudRanger’s third-party dashboard can further simplify your business’s AWS experience, saving time and money in the process.

CloudRanger Now Integrated with the Druva Cloud Platform

0 Steven Duff Amazon Web Services, cloud management, SaaS

Release Provides Over 4,000 Customers with Comprehensive Protection and Management Across Major Enterprise Data Sources–Including AWS Workloads

Druva, the global leader in cloud data protection and management, today announced the integration of Druva CloudRanger with the Druva Cloud Platform (DCP), the industry’s first and only Data Management-as-a-Service solution. The DCP unifies Druva’s product offerings and provides a single point of management that enables organizations to centrally protect, manage and gain visibility into their entire data footprint.

With the integration of Druva CloudRanger, Druva now provides a holistic end-to-end solution that builds a bridge between data management for traditional on-premises and modern cloud infrastructures. Enterprises can now centrally manage their entire data footprint without incurring the increased complexity and costs of additional administration and infrastructure.

Do you even need to backup EC2 VMs?

0 Steven Duff Amazon Web Services, Backup Policy, Backups

In this guest blog post, W. Curtis Preston (aka “ Mr Backup”) poses the question ‘Do you need to backup EC2 VMs?’. W. Curtis Preston is an expert in backup & recovery systems; a space he has been working in since 1993. He has written three books on the subject, Backup & Recovery, Using SANs and NAS, and Unix Backup & Recovery. As well as being the Chief Technical Architect at Druva, Mr. Preston is also an independent consultant and writer and has spoken at over 300 seminars and conferences around the world.

How to automatically delete old AWS snapshots on schedule

0 Steven Duff Amazon Web Services

In the following article, we’ll explain how you can import existing AWS backups into CloudRanger so you can automatically delete old AWS snapshots, that are not currently managed by any specific backup policy. We will explain how you can easily add these orphaned AWS snapshots to a CloudRanger backup policy which will automatically manage the retention and clean up of backup data that is no longer required. But in order to take full advantage of AWS and CloudRanger, it’s important for users to understand the importance of properly tagging your AWS resources when creating your Amazon EBS, EC2, RDS and RedShift backups.