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SYNOPSIS ON DISASTER RECOVERY AND CLOUD SERVICES

Submitted To Lovely Professional University, Phagwara (For the partial fulfillment of the degree of MCA-III SEM)

SUPERVISED BY
MR. ROHIT OHRI (Assistant Lecturer)

SUBMITTED BY:
Name : PAWAN SINGH Roll No. : RD1E47A07 Reg. No. : 11204431

Date of Submission: 28 Oct 2013

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
With profound regard I gratefully acknowledge our respected course Lecturer, MR. ROHIT OHRI, Department of CA, Faculty of computer organization and architecture, for his generous help and day today suggestion during the preparation of the report. I like to give thanks especially to our friends & many individuals, for their enthusiastic encouragements and helps during the preparation of this report and for their assistance in typing and proofreading this manuscript.

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1. Acknowledgement2 2. Index.3 3. Abstract4 4. Introduction.4-5 5. Free Of Cast Five Tools For Disaster Recovery...6-8 6. Services And Features Essential For Disaster Recovery.. 8-9 7. Databases9 8. The Cloud Is Ideal For Disaster Recovery...............................9-10 9. Disaster Recovery In The Cloud Options .10-11 10. Benefits o f cloud computing.11 11. Conclusion.12 12. References..12

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ABSTRACT:With the growing value of data as a strategic corporate asset, todays IT organizations face the challenge of implementing reliable backup and recovery solutions in the most efficient, cost-effective manner. To meet this challenge, they need to carefully define their business requirements and recovery objectives before deciding on the right backup and recovery technologies to deploy. In the event of a disaster, we can quickly launch resources in Amazon Web Services (AWS) to ensure business continuity. The paper highlights relevant AWS features and services that we can leverage for our DR processes and shows example scenarios about how to recover from disaster. It further provides recommendations about how we can improve our DR plan and leverage the full potential of AWS for our Disaster Recovery processes.

INTRODUCTION:DISASTER RECOVERY Disaster recovery, Operational backup and archival is used in backup purpose. Disaster recovery is a process, polices and procedure that are used to recover the lost data. Many business and government services utilize Disaster Recovery (DR) systems to minimize the downtime raised by catastrophic system failures. Currently Disaster Recovery system use periodic tape for backup. Disaster recovery is classified into two categories, one is natural like storms, earthquakes etc. and other is made by man like hazardous materials spills, infrastructure failure etc. When any disaster recovery is required, the disaster recovery planner first report to their organization business continuity plans which should indicate the matrices of RPO (recovery point objective) and RTO (recovery time objective). THE NEED FOR BETTER DATA PROTECTION As todays businesses increasingly recognize corporate data as a strategic asset that must be protected against a wide range of risks and threats, data protection has become a high-priority objective for IT organizations. In turn, these organizations now face the challenges of identifying, deploying, and efficiently managing their data backup and recovery infrastructures .

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RECOVERY POINT OBJECTIVE AND RECOVERY TIME OBJECTIVE RPO: - This describes the acceptable amount of data loss measured in time. For example, if the RPO was 1 hour, after the system was recovered, it would contain all data up to a point in time that is prior to 11:00AM because the disaster occurred at noon. RTO: - This is the duration of time and the service level to which a business process must be restored after a disaster (or disruption) to avoid unacceptable consequences associated with a break in business continuity. For example, if a disaster occurs at 12:00 PM (noon) and the RTO is 8 hours, the DR process would ensure recovery to the acceptable service level would be possible by 8:00 PM. CLOUD SERVICES Before describing services of cloud computing first we know about cloud computing. The cloud computing is internet based computing, where shared all hardware and software resources and information to the computer (that are connected to internet) on demand but paying some charge. The various services are: 1) Software as services. 2) Platform as services. 3) Infrastructure as services. To minimize the impact of a disaster on the business, companies invest time and resources to plan, prepare, document, train, and update processes to deal with events. The amount of investment for the disaster recovery planning of a particular system can vary dramatically depending on the cost of a potential outage. This paper describes some typical approaches ranging from minimal investments to full-scale availability and fault tolerance. Proper preparation for DR is a must, and this paper outlines some of the best practices to improve our DR plans and processes. AWS (AMAZON WEB SERVICE) allows us to scale up our infrastructure on an as-needed basis. We get access to the same highly scalable, reliable, secure, fast, inexpensive infrastructure that Amazon uses to run its own global network of web sites and only pay for what we use.

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FREE OF COST FIVE TOOL FOR DISASTER RECOVERY:The five tools that are for disaster recovery that are following:1. Macrium Reflects. 2. Clonezilla. 3. DriveImageXML. 4. Quick Disaster Recovery. 5. System Rescue CD. 1. MACRIUM REFLECT This is the free version of the Professional product. This version supports XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and this is use for home-use desktop. For using this can easily handle Disk imaging, schedule backup and also supports RAID.

Fig- 0.12. 2. CLONEZILLA Clonezilla is a free, open source, bare metal backup and recovery tool. Clonezilla is based on DRBL, Partclone, and Upcast. There are two versions of Clonezilla- Live and Clonezilla SE (Server Edition). The Live version is to be used for a single desktop, whereas the Server edition is suitable for massive deployment (up to 40 machine simultaneously).

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DRIVEIMAGEXML

DriveImageXML is similar to Macrium Reflect in that it offers a free version for personal use. This free version allows us to backup, browse, and restores images. With the ability to browse images, this means we can recover files and/or folder (not for entire image).

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QUICK DISASTER RECOVERY

Quick Disaster Recovery is a tool that can quickly recover a machine when various built-in Windows administrator tools have been disabled (such as the Registry Editor, Task Manager, etc.)

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5. SYSTEM RESCUE CD System Rescue CD is a Linux system rescue disk that allows us to administer and repair a system after a crash. We can manage partitions, recover data, edit configuration files, and we can work with both Linux and Windows systems.

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In the preparation phase of DR, it is essential to consider the use of services and features that support data migration and durable storage because they enable we to restore backed up critical data to AWS when disaster strikes. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the first Cloud vendor that Oracle has partnered with to enable database backup in the Cloud. REGIONS Amazon Web Services are available in multiple Regions, so we can choose the most appropriate location for our disaster recovery site. STORAGE Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) provides a highly durable storage infrastructure designed for mission critical and primary data storage.

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COMPUTE Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud. Within minutes, we can create EC2 instances, which are virtual machines over which we have complete control. NETWORKING When dealing with a disaster, its very likely that we will have to modify network settings as we are failing over to another site. Amazon Route 53 is a highly available and scalable Domain Name System (DNS) web service. It is designed to give developers and businesses an extremely reliable and cost-effective way to route end users to Internet applications. Amazon Direct Connect makes it easy to set up a dedicated network connection from our premise to AWS.

DATABASES:For our database needs, consider using these AWS services: Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale a relational database in the cloud. Could use Amazon RDS either in the preparation phase for DR (Disaster Recovery) to hold our critical data in a running database. Amazon Simple DB is a highly available, flexible, non-relational data store that offloads the work of database administration. It can also be used in the preparation and the recovery phase of DR.

THE CLOUD IS IDEAL FOR DISASTER RECOVERY:Disaster recovery in the cloud is a relatively new concept, and like many technology trends, there's a lot of hype and misinformation out there. Cloud infrastructure is gaining in popularity for organizations that have very real business needs that rely on information technology (IT) infrastructure but struggle with the costs both capital and operational of expanding their data

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centers. But before even discussing the cloud, its worthwhile to settle on a definition. DR is an ideal use case for taking advantage of the cloud. While many organizations remain cautious about placing production services in the cloud, they are often more comfortable testing those waters for DR especially since the cloud alters the economics of DR so radically . But disaster recovery in the cloud isnt a perfect solution, and its shortcomings and challenges need to be clearly understood before a firm ventures into it. Security usually tops the list of concerns:

Is data securely transferred and stored in the cloud? How are users authenticated? Are passwords the only option or does the cloud provider offer some type of two-factor authentication? Does the cloud provider meet regulatory requirements?

And because clouds are accessed via the Internet, bandwidth requirements also need to be clearly understood. Theres a risk of only planning for bandwidth requirements to move data into the cloud without sufficient analysis of how to make the data accessible when a disaster strikes:

Do we have the bandwidth and network capacity to redirect all users to the cloud? If we plan to restore from the cloud to on-premises infrastructure, how long will that restore take?

DISASTER RECOVERY IN THE CLOUD OPTIONS:MANAGED APPLICATIONS AND MANAGED DR An increasingly popular option is to put both primary production and disaster recovery instances into the cloud and have both handled by a managed service provider (MSP). By doing this were reaping all the benefits of cloud computing, from usage-based cost to eliminating on-premises infrastructure. Instead of doing it our self, were deferring DR to the cloud or managed service provider.

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BACK UP TO AND RESTORE FROM THE CLOUD Applications and data remain on-premises in this approach, with data being backed up into the cloud and restored onto on-premises hardware when a disaster occurs. In other words, the backup in the cloud becomes a substitute for tape-based off-site backups. When contemplating cloud backup and recovery, its crucial to clearly understand both the backup and the more problematic restore aspects. Backing up into the cloud is relatively straightforward, and backup application vendors have been extending their backup suites with options to directly back up to popular cloud service providers such as AT&T, Amazon, Microsoft Corporations. The challenging aspect of using cloud-based backups for disaster recovery is the recovery. With bandwidth limited and possibly terabytes of data to be recovered, getting data restored back on-premises within defined RTOs can be challenging. NEW OPTIONS, OLD FUNDAMENTALS The cloud greatly extends disaster recovery options, yields significant cost savings. It does not, however, change the DR fundamentals of having to devise a solid disaster recovery plan, testing it periodically, and having users trained and prepared appropriately. CHALLENGES TO IMPLEMENTING DR:The value of DR is not in question; every organization is concerned about its ability to get back up and running after an outage or disaster. But implementing DR can be expensive and complex, as well as tedious and timeconsuming. However, consider the alternative numerous organizations have simply vanished because they were unable to get back to full operations rapidly after a disaster.

BENEFITS OF CLOUD COMPUTING:The various benefits of cloud computing are:1) Cost saving. 2) Maintenance. 3) Reliability.
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CONCLUSION:Many options and variations for DR exist, and this paper highlights some of the common patterns, ranging from simple backup and restore to fault tolerant multi-site solutions. The AWS services are available on-demand and we only pay for what we use. This is a key advantage for DR, where significant infrastructure is needed quickly, but only in the event of a disaster. In this paper also describe some free tools that are used disaster recovery and saving the cast. These are also play a big role in DR. This paper has shown how AWS (Amazon Web Services) provides flexible, cost-effective infrastructure solutions, enabling us to have a more effective disaster recovery plan.

REFERENCES:http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSEC2/latest/GettingStartedGuide/
Designing Fault-Tolerant Applications in the AWS Cloud whitepaper: http://aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/ http://searchdisasterrecovery.techtarget.com/tutorial/Cloud-disasterrecovery-in-todays-data-storage-environments https://Cloud Recovery - AOS Disaster Recovery Services.htm http://www.icorps.com/ManagedServices Disaster Recovery.htm Disaster Prevention vs.

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/five-apps/five-free-disaster-recoverytools/

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