iSeries Disaster Recovery
& Business Continuity Services

Business Need

• Business Continuity Planning
• Data Vaulting Solutions
• Ship to Site Solutions
• High Availability Solutions
• Disaster & Recovery Solutions
• Written & Tested Disaster Recovery Plans

Environments

IBM iSeries IBM pSeries IBM Storage IBM xSeries

HP Proliant HP 9000 Dell Sun

EMC Brocade NetApp Xiotech

Extreme Aruba Force 10 Foundry

Solution Overview

Abacus has iSeries disaster recovery and business continuity services packages to fit your multiplatform environment. We work with customers to determine your Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) and Recovery Time Objective (RTO) for each piece of hardware and weigh those targets with price to provide you with your best business solution.

When you partner with Abacus you will have 100% coverage. Competitor’s contracts only agree to employ “best efforts” to keep up and running, offering no guarantees. With Abacus, you have all the capacity you’re promised, available all the time, and available no matter who else is down. By choosing Abacus as your partner, you outsource your entire business continuity needs. In a disaster, your operations are off your worry list.

Contact us for more information on how Abacus can deliver customized iSeries disaster recovery and business continuity services that cater to your specific business needs. Give us the chance to show you what it’s like to have everything taken care of. Let’s be partners.

The Abacus Value

Unique iSeries disaster recovery and business continuity solution with a variety of options for different recovery times and points to fit every customer’s price point Expert hardware engineers on staff. If you have an emergency we have the hardware and talent to resolve your crisis on the spot

100% coverage promise -- not just “best efforts” Dedicated 800 number and e-mail for one point of contact Our own Abacus modern data center One location for one solution

RTO: Start Recovery < 0 Hours

RPO: Last Transaction

• Abacus will determine your target secondary hardware needs
• We provide dedicated hardware, house and manage the hardware in our secure data center, provide secure 24/7 access, install and set up high availability software package, and then monitor and maintain the HA software on your behalf
• Fully outsourced solution with no downtime
• Software based (Hot) High Availability
• Dedicated resources

RTO: Start Recovery < 6 Hours

RPO: Last Data Vault

• Abacus will determine your target secondary hardware needs
• Abacus will write and test a recovery plan on your behalf
• We provide an online Vault system for backing up and storing computer files. Data is offsite with no need for tape. With a declaration of disaster your onsite data combines with your dedicated hardware which already has your operating system loaded and we open up for remote recovery
• Data vault based warm disaster recovery
• Dedicated resources

RTO: Start Recovery < 12 Hours

RPO: Last Data Vault

• Abacus will determine your target secondary hardware needs
• Abacus will write and test a recovery plan on your behalf
• We provide an online Vault system for backing up and storing computer files. Data is offsite with no need for tape. With a declaration of disaster your onsite data combines with a like or better system from our shared hardware resources. We load the operating software and open up for remote recovery
• Data vault based cold disaster recovery
• Shared resources

RTO: Start Recovery < 24 Hours

RPO: Last Saved Tape

• Abacus will determine your target secondary hardware needs
• Abacus will write and test a recovery plan on your behalf
• With a declaration of disaster you send Abacus your most recent media and we will load it to your dedicated hardware which already has your operating system loaded and then open up for remote recovery. Equipment is never oversold for a true 1 to 1 ratio
• Tape based warm disaster recovery
• Dedicated resources

RTO: Start Recovery < 48 Hours

RPO: Last Saved Tape

• Abacus will determine your target secondary hardware needs
• Abacus will write and test a recovery plan on your behalf
• With a declaration of disaster Abacus services will deliver a like or better system from our shared hardware resources to your preferred location within 48 hours for you to recover yourself. Or you send us your most recent media and we will load a like or better system from our shared hardware resources and open up for remote recovery
• Tape based cold disaster recovery
• Shared resources