Challow has a philosophy of continually developing solutions and services that enable our clients to deal with the complex IT environments of today. As companies become more and more dependent on technology, more care needs to be taken with ensuring that IT services are readily available, even in the event of a disaster. Challow views this as a natural extension of our Support & Maintenance Services and has thus developed a range of solutions. These solutions have been developed to cater for a range of client requirements but the most flexible and scalable solution is the Virtual Disaster Recovery Solution.

This solution makes use of the latest server virtualisation and server based computing technologies to overcome the difficulties associated with traditional disaster recovery services. All core services are identified and then replicated on our Virtual Server Network, located within the Challow Data Centre. This provides a platform from which replicated services can be established within a few minutes. Data from tape backups can then be loaded onto the Virtual Servers to provide a live operational environment with very little downtime.

Access to this “duplicate” network this then provided by thin client access, presented via an HTML browser making access to the network secure from anywhere in the world.

With any organisation today,Email has become the most important single application and its accessibility is critical. The Challow solution includes a solution for rapid resolution of mail and web site downtime that avoids the need for DNS records to be updated over a 24 period.

When viewed as a complete solution, no other traditional disaster recovery service offers such a complete answer to disaster recovery and ensures a very short recovery time. Additionally, the Challow Virtual Disaster Recovery Solution avoids the expense of allocating dedicated hardware and office space.

Access the Virtual Disaster Recovery Site here.