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Failure Scenarios
Disaster Could Mean Many Types of Failure
• Network failure • Device failure • Storage failure • Site failure
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Network Failures
• ISP failure
Dual ISP connections Multiple ISP
Service Provider A
Internet
Service Provider B
• Connection failure within the network
EtherChannel® Multiple route paths
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Device Failures
• Routers, switches, FWs
HSRP VRRP
Service Provider A
Internet
Service Provider B
• Hosts
HA cluster LB server farm NIC teaming
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Storage Failures
• Disk arrays
RAID
Service Provider A
Internet
Service Provider B
• Disk controllers
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Site Failures
• Partial site failure
Application maintenance Application migration Application scheduled DR exercise
Service Provider A
Internet
Service Provider B
• Complete site failure
Disaster
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Agenda
• Introduction to Data Center—The Evolution • Data Center Disaster Recovery
Objectives Failure Scenarios Design Options
• Components of Disaster Recovery
Site Selection—Front End GSLB Server High Availability—Clustering Data Replication and Synchronization—San Extension
• Sample Design
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Cold Standby
• One or more data center with appropriately configured space equipped with pre-qualified environmental, electrical, and communication conditioning • Hardware and software