Case Study: Disaster Recovery
The Dynect platform helps Disaster Recovery planning and execution.
You run the IT operation for an e-commerce company with 100% of your revenue coming in through your website, so your company is 100% dependent on your website. Your company has put together a disaster recovery (DR) plan and installed a separate DR site. During your planning, you recognize the value in your DNS servers being outside of your network so that you can quickly redirect traffic to the DR site in the case of an emergency. Your company can turn to the Dynect platform to provide your DNS 'off-net', thus securing an unshakeable key-stone for your DR plan.
Problem Highlights:
- DNS servers are often affected in a real infrastructure outage.
- Settings in DNS are not tuned for disasters.
Solution:
- The Dynect Platform Network - The server network supporting the Dynect service is globally redundant and fault tolerant. Through Anycasting and over-provisioning, our DNS system is always available. When changes are made to switch over to your DR site, those changes are almost instantly propagated across the world.
- The Dynect Platform Failover - Outages are never planned which is why we offer Dynect Failover. We actively monitor your primary site and switch over to a backup site in a matter of minutes.
- The Dynect Platform Concierge - Your Dynect Concierge will provide sound technical advice to help you configure your DNS in planning and in execution. Have a question about how a DR scenario will play out? Ask your Concierge.
End Result
Your company was able to effectively develop and practice your DR plan. Should you ever need to execute your plan, you know revenue will not be affected.