A commercial organization had no dedicated disaster recovery environment and no room onsite to build one. Weaver designed a business disaster recovery colocation solution that pairs Dell infrastructure with a secure CSquare facility. Then we managed the project from end to end.
The challenge: no disaster recovery, and no room to build it onsite
The company is a commercial organization whose critical systems and data must stay available to support daily operations. However, it had found a significant gap in its business continuity posture. There was no dedicated disaster recovery environment.
A failure of critical servers, storage or networking could mean extended downtime and irreversible data loss. The facility itself made the problem harder. The existing site lacked the physical space, power, cooling, physical security and redundancy to host a second environment onsite. So the company needed another way to get there.
Our approach to business disaster recovery colocation
Weaver looked past the hardware to the real business risk. First, we assessed the company’s business continuity requirements. Then we designed a complete disaster recovery solution around them.
The design paired enterprise-grade Dell infrastructure with a secure, professionally managed colocation facility. In other words, business disaster recovery colocation gave the company the right technology in the right place. By bringing those pieces together, Weaver delivered a solution the company could not have assembled on its own. We also kept the price competitive.
What Weaver delivered
- Dell infrastructure. We worked with Dell Technologies to specify server, storage and infrastructure components sized to the company’s recovery objectives.
- CSquare colocation. We identified a secure, enterprise-grade facility with redundant power, cooling, high-speed connectivity and physical security.
- 24/7 monitoring. The facility watches the environment around the clock.
- One point of contact. We coordinated Dell Technologies and CSquare from planning through implementation.
- Project management. We managed design, colocation provisioning and installation with close attention to timing.
Results: business disaster recovery colocation ready to grow
Today, the company has a resilient, secure and professionally hosted disaster recovery environment. Its critical systems and data now have protection against infrastructure failures and site-level events. As a result, business continuity risk is significantly lower.
In addition, the environment arrived without extended delays or coordination friction, since Weaver kept every workstream on schedule. The solution can also scale alongside the company’s future needs. That makes business disaster recovery colocation a foundation the company can build on.
A common challenge in commercial business
Many growing companies run critical systems at a single site that was never built to host a second environment. For that reason, pairing the right infrastructure with a professional colocation facility is often the most practical path to real disaster recovery. Dell Technologies servers and storage, hosted in a secure colocation facility, give a company the redundancy its own building may lack.
No DR environment yet?
Weaver can review your business continuity needs and help you weigh the options for hosting a recovery environment. Talk with our team, or browse more case studies.
