New services from Amazon EC2 Clould
- High I/O instance with 2T SSD attached ($3.10)
- Guaranteed (provisioned) IOPS (Input/Output Operations Per Second) for EBS (Elastic Block Storage) storage. Currently EBS speed can vary based on cloud load.
- EBS Optimized instances with guaranteed network throughput for EBS
- Flexible IP addresses for VPC (Virtual Private Cloud) instances
- Separate security group for Elastic Load Balancer
4 Myths of Disaster Recovery
- Myth – Disaster Recovery is Expensive and Resource Intensive. Reality - WIth new virtualization and automation technologies DR can be very affordable
- Myth – After Planning, There is No Way to Accurately Run a Test. Reality - Virtualization allows recovery plans to be tested against significant failures multiple times to ensure the plan is consistently effective, without disrupting day-to-day activities.
- Myth – Creating and Managing a Disaster Recovery Solution Requires “Special” Skills. Reality - Since this is all taken care of via automated processes, no special skills are required.
- Myth – Disaster Recovery Plans Are like an Insurance Policy that Never Gets Used. Reality - Disaster recovery services are critical for keeping businesses running after system failures.
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