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Natural disasters, power outages, HVAC failure and security threats can paralyze business operations for days, weeks or longer. Traditional disaster recovery strategies for end user computing are labor-intensive, cost-prohibitive and limit the number of employees who can actually be restored to service. A strategy based on ClearCube delivers PC functionality to all employees without incurring high costs or labor hours. The ClearCube centralized computing solution delivers:
Lower Support Costs
The high-density ClearCube solution (112 blades per 6-foot rack) eliminates the need to maintain multiple costly "hot" disaster recovery sites. If a disaster occurs, organizations can simply disperse user peripherals and small blade access devices (user ports) to multiple “cold� sites or to the users' residences.
Automatic Backups
ClearCube management software (Sentral™) enables IT staff to schedule automatic backups of local user files and settings to the disaster recovery deployment. If an enterprise installs blades in multiple facilities, each data center can backup to the other.
Rapid Redeployment
With the ClearCube solution, a 100-user deployment can be assembled and imaged in a few hours. Users can access their blades from multiple “cold� sites or even their own homes using an Ethernet-connected user port or supported web browser. Leveraging Sentral™ software, IT administrators can support distributed users from anywhere in the world.
Hardened Security
The ClearCube solution is impervious to post-disaster looting and data theft. All blades are "locked down" in a limited-access data center, and the user-facing access devices contain no data.
Dual-Use
Organizations can use their disaster recovery deployments for business computing during normal operations. In the event of a disaster, the blades can be quickly repurposed as end user workstations.
Disaster Recovery Applications |
Government & Education
Military installations
State and local governments
Civilian agencies
Research labs
Emergency response centers |
Financial Services
Trading floors
Branch banks
Satellite offices
Offshore development sites
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Healthcare
Operating rooms
Emergency departments
Intensive care units
Remote clinics |
Commercial & Manufacturing
Airlines
Call centers
Shipping & logistics deployments |
Disaster Recovery Resources
ClearCube Disaster Recovery Solutions
This informative solution paper demonstrates how a disaster recovery plan based on ClearCube ensures fast, simple Return to Service while reducing associated support costs. |
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