Yorkshire firm launches disaster recovery service on virtualisation

“They require less than half the number of servers with their associated running costs, as well as improving performance, minimising downtime and reducing manual intervention.” He adds. “It also strengthens business continuity and delivers high availability for critical applications, which are so fundamental for the modern business.” Virbis, an accredited supplier of virtualisation-led professional services, suggests that virtualisation ensures minimal downtime and disruption when recovering from a disaster or hardware failure, for example. “In many instances, users will not even notice that a problem has occurred,” it advises. “Virtual machines can be added or moved instantaneously from server to server without risk.” Says national glazing company EYG IT Manager Phil Dennison: “We had several quotes for conventional [disaster recovery] solutions, but Virbis not only offered the most competitive price, but also gave us the most professional presentation, and the opportunity to install virtualisation. “They completed the installation very quickly, with no disruption to our work. We have every confidence in Virtualisation and the assurance that we have a much more secure and efficient system on which we rely for all our manufacturing as well as administrative operations.” “This is absolutely the way forward for all cost-conscious businesses, whatever their size,” says Chrismas. Virbis is partnering with VMware and Datacore, which it believes provide the most robust product platforms for a virtual infrastructure.