Posts under ‘Data Failover’

How do we achieve our high level of reliability? There is a long list of services which must be “always on”, including primarily connectivity and power.
Here’s a picture showing the power redundancy for one of our data centers, the Infomart.

16 Million users are unable to get to their bank accounts online. Chase is telling us they are doing scheduled maintenance - that’s clearly not true. Speculation is that scheduled maintenance went horribly wrong leading to database corruption and tape restores were required. See Jacob Jegher’s insightful blog post.
If you rely on tape, you risk [...]

Global Data Vault’s CEO, Will Baccich, was a guest on the Everything Internet Radio Show, on CNN Radio 1190 AM. Baccich discussed different backup options that are available through Global Data Vault, including Server Backup and PC Backup. The CEO also explained Global Data Vault’s Advanced Data Protection service, which provides customers with local protection [...]

Global Data Vault is a proud sponsor of Interop Net.  Interop Net is the leading global business technology event, with the most comprehensive IT conference and expo available.  The event brings business and technology leaders together to discuss the latest technologies and industry trends.
Considering the possibility of a tsunami in Hawaii yesterday, Brian Chee, Interop [...]

The New England Journal of Medicine has provided a map which shows confirmed cases of Swine Flu, as well as confirmed deaths from the virus from both formal and informal sources.
The map below shows the reported confirmed deaths from official sources in the United States from April 1 – September 9.

Now compare that to the [...]

On June 11, 2009, the World Health Organization (WHO) raised the worldwide pandemic alert level to Phase 6 due to the spread of the H1N1 virus.  The virus, also known as Swine Flu, has rapidly established itself and will continue to persist in the coming months as the virus continues to move through susceptible populations.
The [...]

New England residents are being warned to prepare for the possibility of heavy rains and flooding this weekend as Tropical Storm Danny is forecasted to strengthen over the next couple of days.  The five-day forecast shows Danny passing near the Carolinas late Friday and New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts the day after.  The [...]

Global Data Vault can now be found on Facebook.  This gives GDV the opportunity and the ability to reach out to new customers while staying connected to existing customers.
The Facebook page will be frequently updated with blog posts and product updates about PC Backup, Server Backup, and Advanced Data Protection.  The discussion board also gives [...]

Harris Interactive surveyed 497 IT individuals who were either IT or business executives and the results showed similarities and differences in matters relating to disaster recovery.

Acronis, a major vendor of backup software, conducted an online survey of the backup habits of home users.  Out of the 6,091 North Americans that completed the survey, nearly two-thirds (64 %) of users