OVH fire
On Wednesday, 10th March 2021, a huge fire occurred at European cloud computing giant, OVH, offices. The fire has destroyed one of its Strasbourg data centres and damaged another. As a precautionary measure they closed two other data centres located at the same site. Luckily, the fire didn’t injure anyone.
The ‘big three’ data centres are typically listed as AWS, Azure and Google Cloud, with OVH being one of the next biggest. With 27 data centres globally, 15 of which are based in Europe, they are a predominant figure in the world of cloud data.
The blaze likely took more than 3.5 million websites offline, causing massive disruption for businesses and forcing them to activate disaster recovery plans. However, the disaster exposed a critical issue—many businesses had no recovery plans, leaving them vulnerable. Even 15 hours later, European government bodies and some banks remained offline. When some finally restored access, they discovered their data was completely lost and unrecoverable.
Don’t rely solely on the cloud
One of the biggest lessons learnt as a result of yesterday’s fire is that despite all the benefits that cloud computing brings, companies are still putting all their trust in a third-party’s infrastructure, which is why having a robust disaster recovery plan — including data backups — is so important.
Disaster Recovery Planning and Data back up from Smart
What would you do in this situation?
Do you have plans in place if you had to respond to a disaster concerning your IT and data?
At Smart Computers, we provide independent advice, an extended part of your IT team or a complete outsourced solution. We will design your IT infrastructure and recovery plans to fit your business needs. These will help you build robust systems to avoid loss of data, getting you back up and running in the event that something unavoidable occurs out of your control.
We can put Disaster Recovery Plans in place for you so you can be safe in the knowledge that should the unexpected occur, you have a plan of how to respond.
There are also a number of different back-up solutions we can provide. Depending on your business size, the data you hold and the infrastructure of your IT. We’ll discuss your budget and explain the options you have to keep your data safe and secure.
For a no obligation chat about your disaster recovery plans, or data back up solutions, give us a call on 01242 580654.
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