Disaster recovery and availability for IBM power systems

Overview

Disaster recovery, or DR, is one of those subjects that can be discussed not only at length, but also from many different perspectives.

The process of recovering from a storm or other natural disaster that affects people and infrastructure across a wide geographic region is clearly not the same as that required for a business to recover from the impact of, say, a fire at a central warehouse.

But no matter at what level one talks about disaster recovery, there are two key metrics, two goals that will inevitably be discussed: the time it takes to recover,
to "get back to normal," and the state or condition to which one can hope to recover.

This white paper reviews the technology spectrum available for IBM i and AIX environments, including the latest, next-generation solutions, with a goal of preparing IT professionals to evaluate and adopt those most effective and appropriate for their organisation.