Back-up Storage and Business Continuity

Despite their essential nature, storage networks are often seen as a cost rather than a value within a business. Storage requirements place very specific demands on the network. The storage network must provide real time replication and the somewhat incompatible demands of security and accessibility are of equal importance.

Balancing the conflicting demands of storage networks has led to them often being set up as a separate network i.e. a network discrete from the main user network. Many large organisations and systems integrators use these detached systems in separate data centres, which though effective solutions can also be very costly.

NWIX can provide an alternative, highly effective solution based on our core infrastructure. Our diverse fibre ring network infrastructure connects together data centres across the UK providing customers with the ability to connect into any of our ‘on-net’ data centres rather than having to set up an isolated storage network. The NWIX network offers low latency connectivity, and the active/active set up means real time replication is inbuilt. Distance limitations imposed by conventional networking become irrelevant and with complete diversity incorporated in the network, resilience is also assured.

Using the NWIX network as a foundation platform for your storage and back-up solutions allows you to provide a secure, accessible and more manageable service that better aligns IT and business requirements.