Reliable Offsite Recovery for Unexpected Outages
If you experience an outage that you didn’t expect, such as a fire, flood, power outage, or hardware failure, you will need a reliable disaster recovery colocation environment to recover from the outage.
Disaster recovery colocation offers a safe offsite data center in Kitchener-Waterloo to back up servers, replication systems and failover infrastructure.
When your primary location goes down, Rack & Data keeps your disaster recovery systems up and running with redundant power, carrier neutral connectivity and 24/7 monitoring.
WHAT IS DISASTER RECOVERY COLOCATION?
Disaster recovery colocation involves moving backup IT systems to an offsite data center to ensure that your business can continue to run during outages or system failures.
You do not have a single server room or location, but instead have a separate disaster recovery environment that can be activated when necessary.
This is one of the fundamental applications of colocation services, and it provides data center-grade reliability and complete control of your hardware.
WHY KEEP YOUR RECOVERY SITE OFFSITE?
A disaster recovery site isn’t a disaster recovery site, unless it’s physically different from your primary site.
Backup systems located in the same building as your office are vulnerable to the same threats, such as fire, flooding and power outages.
Businesses in the Toronto and GTA region are at a greater risk of total system failure if disaster occurs at the same data centre as their primary system. By utilizing a separate data centre in Kitchener, businesses in Toronto and the GTA have true geographic redundancy and a lower risk of total system failure in the event of disaster.
WHAT MAKES A STRONG DISASTER RECOVERY FACILITY?
A robust disaster recovery colocation environment requires enterprise level facilities that are resilient and have high uptime.
Backup power keeps your equipment running during outages.
Multiple internet providers mean you can switch if one goes down.
There is physical security around the clock for critical infrastructure.
With sustainable power systems, long-term reliability is enhanced.
COMMON DISASTER RECOVERY SETUPS
Businesses choose different disaster recovery setups based on how quickly they need to recover and how important the systems are.
WHO NEEDS DISASTER RECOVERY COLOCATION?
Disaster recovery colocation is important for businesses that need to stay online and keep their data available all the time.
This includes:
- Regulated industries (finance, healthcare, legal)
- Small and medium businesses using office-based servers
- SaaS and online businesses where downtime impacts revenue
- Any organization with centralized critical infrastructure
DISASTER RECOVERY IN KITCHENER-WATERLOO
Rack & Data’s data center in Kitchener, Ontario is super secure, providing Colocation and Disaster Recovery services right in the Waterloo Region tech hub.
This spot is perfect for Toronto, GTA, and southern Ontario firms needing a backup site that’s geographically separate. Plus, it offers carrier-neutral connectivity and redundant infrastructure for maximum uptime, all at rates that beat Toronto data centers