by
Vinod Jetley , Assistant General Manager , State Bank of India
Platform-level continuity
The first level of continuity begins at the system level, with in-the-box availability features This is designed to help maximize uptime and enable rapid deployment of pre-configured replacement systems.
Application-level continuity
Application continuity is the most important aspect of protecting end-users from the impacts of system or service outages. Eliminating single points of failure in the overall technology infrastructure helps give surety that there is always a pathway to a working system for end users to access.
Data-level continuity
Data availability can be achieved using robust storage systems and technologies designed to tolerate a variety of predictable failures, and recover information quickly and accurately after unexpected events.
Site-level continuity
Finally, every organization must think beyond the building and develop remote-recovery systems and services in thee vent of a building, site or metropolitan disaster. At the site level, geographic separation of redundant infrastructure and recovery facilities is the key.