In July 2024, a Microsoft and CrowdStrike incident caused global IT disruptions due to a Falcon driver update error, impacting Windows devices and causing crashes. This affected BitLocker-encrypted devices and led to major issues, including flight cancellations and financial losses. Nextlink offers key backup solutions to mitigate such risks and reduce economic impact.
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AWS Disaster Recovery: Five Steps to Strengthen System Continuity
Unpredictable IT failures highlight the need for disaster recovery. Instead of costly physical data centers, public cloud systems like AWS offer flexible, cost-effective solutions. Learn from past incidents to build robust disaster recovery with AWS.
Automatic Backups and Snapshots
Use AWS services like Amazon RDS, EBS, and S3 for automatic, regular data backups and snapshots to quickly restore data in case of loss or damage. Employ offsite backups to mitigate the impact of disasters affecting a single location.
High Availability Architecture
Design and deploy multi-availability zone architectures with Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling and Elastic Load Balancing to automatically allocate traffic and manage resources, enhancing application availability and resilience. This setup ensures service continuity even if one availability zone fails.
Disaster Recovery Plan
Develop a comprehensive disaster recovery plan, including business impact analysis and recovery time objectives (RTO). Use AWS disaster recovery services like CloudEndure Disaster Recovery for rapid failover, and regularly conduct drills to test the plan’s effectiveness.
Security and Compliance
Utilize AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) and AWS Key Management Service (KMS) for user access management and data encryption, ensuring compliance with security and regulatory requirements.
Continuous Monitoring and Alerts
Monitor system performance and resource usage with Amazon CloudWatch, setting up alerts to respond to anomalies promptly. Additionally, use AWS CloudTrail to log all API calls for auditing and troubleshooting.
Industry Disaster Recovery Case Study: Best Practices for Preparation
The Microsoft and CrowdStrike incident highlighted the global impact of poor preparation. Effective disaster recovery ensures businesses can manage major events smoothly. Here are key strategies from industry case studies.
Media and Broadcasting Industry
The CrowdStrike and Microsoft incident disrupted media services, including news outages. Thomson Reuters improved disaster recovery by moving to AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery, reducing recovery time and enhancing system reliability through automation and continuous data replication.
Software and Information Industry
Tyler Technologies, a public sector software developer, cut recovery time from four hours to 20 minutes using AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery. This shift also converted capital expenses to operational costs, avoiding expensive infrastructure updates.
Manufacturing Industry
CSD, a Taiwanese medical supplies manufacturer, boosted resilience by running their SAP 4/HANA ERP on AWS and backing up their database, ensuring uninterrupted production.
Disasters are unpredictable, but a solid disaster recovery system ensures uninterrupted operations. Contact Nextlink to enhance your AWS architecture’s resilience and achieve 100% reliability and continuity!
