Up until recently, businesses have been lulled into thinking that they had sufficient backup and disaster recovery contingencies. Relying upon redundant hard disk arrays and magnetic tape, IT departments have begun to realize that their backup windows increase proportionately to the amount of storage that they employ. In the case of a multi-terabyte application, more often than not, IT departments are forced to either take incremental snapshots of their data or else risk not backing up at all. Both scenarios are undesirable in environments which place a high priority on the preservation of data.

DISC storage solutions effectively protect data by simultaneously writing data to an online file server and optical storage library cluster, a procedure known as “Hot Backup” which significantly reduces the chances of data loss. The clustered system appears on the network as a single device, and can be placed in separate geographic areas connected via LAN or WAN for increased security. A full-featured set of failover and recovery options provide the flexibility to repair and restore the cluster during low-usage periods. By employing a High Availability solution, IT departments can not only reduce their dependency upon hard disk arrays and magnetic tape, but they also have a robust solution optimized for continuous access to data.