Cloud infrastructure has some characteristics that can be distinct advantages in realizing BCDR, depending on the scenario:
- Rapid elasticity and on-demand self-service provides flexible infrastructure that can be quickly deployed to execute an actual disaster recovery without unexpected ceilings.
- Broad network connectivity reduces operational risk.
- Cloud infrastructure providers have a highly automated and resilient infrastructure backing all offered services.
- Pay-per-use can mean tremendous cost savings and no capital expenditures to support a BCDR strategy.
Scenarios that should be considered when considering cloud services are the following:
- On-premises, cloud as BCDR: An existing, on-premises infrastructure, which may or may not have a BCDR plan already, where a cloud provider is considered as the provider of alternative...
