Server Virtualization & Business Continuity – aBIZinaBOX Is Covered

The discussion everyone seems to be having in 2015 is cloud, cloud cloud. aBIZinaBOX says Server Virtualization & Business Continuity. The reality is that even for a cutting edge practice like aBIZinaBOX, that there is some “legacy iron” which is going to exist. In 2000, when we built out our first server room there were 3 42U racks and the electric bill was around $1,200/month. Our current upgrades which are going in over the next two weeks will leave us with:

A Dell R730 which is a workhorse that will be the primary domain controller and file services with 128GB of RAM and..well you can read the rest.
A Dell R410 Application server which run our tax return preparation software.
A pair of OS X Mini Servers which provide a redundant Open Directory backbone and services for streaming video and much more.
Our new Datto Sirus 2000 Business Continuity Appliance which provides recovery for our servers in under five minutes in the event of a disaster….we have also become a Datto Partner and will be offering business continuity protection to our clients. So lets introduce the stars of our Server Virtualization & Business Continuity Show.

The specs on the new Dell server which is going to replace a six year old PDC and a five year old multi-purpose server in a virtualization are:

PowerEdge R730

– Chassis with up to 16, 2.5″ Hard Drives
– 2 x Intel® Xeon® E5-2630 v3 2.4GHz,20M Cache,8.00GT/s QPI,Turbo,HT,8C/16T (85W) Max Mem 1866MHz
– Risers with up to 6, x8 PCIe Slots + 1, x16 PCIe Slots
– 4 x 32GB RDIMM, 2133MT/s, Dual Rank, x4 Data Width
– Unconfigured RAID for H330/H730/H730P (1-16 HDDs or SSDs)
– PERC H730 RAID Controller, 1GB NV Cache
– 2 x 400GB Solid State Drive SATA Mix Use MLC 6Gbps 2.5in Hot-plug Drive
– 6 x 600GB 10K RPM SAS 12Gbps 2.5in Hot-plug Hard Drive
– Broadcom 5720 QP 1Gb Network Daughter Card (default and cheapest card)
– DVD ROM, SATA, Internal
– Bezel -ReadyRailsTM SlidingRailsWithoutCableManagementArm
– Dual, Hot-plug, Redundant Power Supply (1+1), 750W
– iDRAC8, Enterprise with OpenManage Essentials,ServerConfigMgmt
– 3 Year ProSupport and Mission Critical 4HR 7×24 Onsite Pack
1 Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard – License – 2 processors
– MOLP: Open Business
4 VLA WINDOWS SERVER DEVICE CAL 2012
VMware Licensing and Support
VMware vSphere Essentials Kit – ( v. 6 ) – license – 3 hosts – up to 2 processors per host
Subscription for VMware vSphere Essentials 1Yr of Upgrades
Updates (Support incidents can be purchased separately)

PowerEdge R730

Datto’s instant virtualization dramatically reduces downtime. If a server fails for any reason, a virtual version of that server is instantly, automatically created right on the SIRIS device, and your business applications shift to running on the virtual server in as little as six seconds. If the problem is more widespread, your entire network can be up and running in the Datto Cloud in a matter of minutes. It’s almost like it never happened.

If you’d like to see what specific files have been modified, created or deleted between backup points, SIRIS makes it easy. Quickly find when specific files were lost or emails were deleted with Datto’s Backup Insights technology.

Taking a full backup of your entire system takes time. That’s why SIRIS doesn’t make you do it every day. Instead, SIRIS takes one full backup when you first install it, and after that, only backs up the data that has changed. These incremental backups are then automatically applied to the last backup, so at any time a full, current backup is ready for fast recovery. This also means there’s no need for you to keep storing the oldest backups. Save time and save storage space with SIRIS.

Just because a backup operation has completed doesn’t necessarily mean your applications are recoverable. Network errors or data corruption can happen in any system, but Datto makes sure your backups are good and your applications are ready to recover, every time. Get visual proof that your systems are protected, with Screenshot Backup Verification.

Server Virtualization & Business Continuity