In today’s business world, many applications need to be available 24/7. Sudden and unplanned downtime of even a few hours can be extremely costly; downtime of several days can be catastrophic. If your company has applications requiring high levels of availability, you cannot afford the risk of having to rebuild these systems in the event of a disaster.

Hosted Infrastructure Services from NET6 can protect these critical applications from prolonged downtime by shortening recovery times from days or weeks to hours or minutes.

The NET6 Service Offer

• A compatible configuration of  hardware to replace the original production configuration
• A secure alternate facility, with supporting infrastructure, in which to install the replacement hardware
• Off-site backups of the operating system, application programs, and application data, for restoration on the replacement hardware
• Network connectivity between the system users and the backup system at the alternate facility.

First, NET6 installs and maintains a backup hardware configuration, capable of supporting your production system, in its state-of-the-art data centre.

Second, NET6 loads the backup hardware with the same operating system and application programs as the production system. Whenever software upgrades are applied to the production system, NET6 applies the same upgrades to the backup system.

Third, NET6 takes a full point-in-time backup of your application data and loads it onto the backup configuration. As updates to the data occur on the production system, they are transmitted to the alternate facility and applied to the backup system, either synchronously or asynchronously. In the event of disaster, little or no critical data can be lost.

Fourth, NET6 utilizes its robust telecommunications network and switching capability to enable redirecting of system connectivity from the primary facility to the alternate facility, in the event of a disaster.

As a result, your critical production application is fully backed up and ready to go if and when you need it, 24/7. Depending upon your requirements, the system can be ready to go within minutes (hot backup) or within a few hours (warm backup). The backup system can also be used when the production system needs to be taken down for planned or emergency maintenance.

Hosted Infrastructure Services from NET6 can provide you with the level of guaranteed availability required for your mission-critical applications.