If your organization does not have DR Redirect capabilities, your network will shut down and likely experience an extended recovery period when a disaster occurs. This can lead to lost revenue and potentially lost customers.
If your organization requires a reliable network connection to operate efficiently and for employees to perform their jobs well each day, it can be difficult to recover from a disaster without a tool like DR Redirect.
DR Redirect will help your organization maintain operations during and after a disaster occurs without hindering operations.
Coeo understands how important it is for an organization to sustain network connectivity even during and after a disaster to maintain employee efficiency and productivity enabling your organization to grow revenue and add customers.
We have helped thousands of organizations with their disaster recovery enabling them to maintain connectivity during and after a disaster occurs.
By the end of this article, you will understand what DR Redirect is, the features of the solution, the types of redirects it enables, and whether it is a good solution to help your organization maintain connectivity.
What is DR Redirect?
A disaster can occur at any time often with little to no warning. Because of this, it is important to make sure your organization is always prepared in case a disaster takes place.
Disasters such as cyberattacks, equipment failures or outages, and natural disasters can all affect your network connectivity and performance as well as your overall operation.
Disaster Recovery (DR) Redirect refers to the process of automatically rerouting network traffic, services, or systems to a backup system in another location designated for disaster recovery.
This ensures business continuity by maintaining access to your network and data when primary systems fail or are compromised.
If you would like to speak with our team to learn more about how DR Redirect works or ask any questions you may have you can schedule an appointment.
Features of DR Redirect
To understand whether DR Redirect is the right solution for your organization, it is important to understand the features of DR Redirect. These include:
DNS failover
DR Redirect enables your organization to incorporate DNS failover into the network system. DNS failover allows you to automatically failover traffic and connectivity from a failed server to an available server.
This ensures your organization is able to send traffic even if your main server is disconnected as a result of a disaster.
Load balancers
DR Redirect also uses load balancers to redirect traffic. A network load balancer is a device that distributes network traffic across multiple servers to ensure that no server is overloaded with network traffic.
Load balancers ensure that network traffic is distributed evenly across the different servers based on IP addresses and network performance.
DR Redirect uses load balancers to redirect network traffic to servers that are up and running when other servers are disconnected or slowed during a disaster enhancing network availability and performance during and after the disaster.
Types of DR Redirects
There are multiple ways that DR Redirect directs traffic to a server or location. The types of DR Redirects include:
Hot site redirect
A hot site redirect is when immediate failover is required to a fully operational second site. This is needed when the disaster completely takes down the network.
However, not everyone has another site so this type of redirect is typically only used by organizations that have two or more data centers that are fully operational.
Warm site redirect
A warm site redirect takes place when traffic is redirected to a partially operational site that requires some amount of setup before being fully functional. This typically results in a longer recovery since setup is needed before the server is fully functional.
Cold site redirect
Finally, a cold site redirect takes place when traffic is redirected to a site with network infrastructure but no pre-configured servers or systems.
Of course, this type of redirect has the longest recovery time since there is a lot of work to do before the traffic can be redirected to the site.
For this reason, it is important to have a fully functional backup server in a different location so there is minimal recovery time when a disaster takes place to avoid lost revenue and customers.
Is DR Redirect a good choice for your organization?
Now you understand what DR Redirect is, its features, and the types of redirects that are available. However, it is also important to understand whether DR Redirect is a good solution for your organization.
If your organization relies on network connectivity and performance to complete daily business tasks, DR Redirect is a good solution to ensure that network connectivity and performance are maintained during and after a disaster.
DR Redirect may also be a good solution for your organization if you use applications that require high availability where even short periods of downtime can result in detrimental consequences.
If your organization stores sensitive data within your network, DR Redirect may be a good solution for your organization to ensure it is secure and available even in the event of a disaster.
However, if your organization does not rely on network connectivity to perform daily work tasks or does not have a backup system in place that you can redirect to, DR Redirect may not be a solution that benefits your organization.
Determining if DR Redirect is right for your organization
Now you understand what DR Redirect is, its features, the different types of redirects, and whether it is a good solution for your organization. This will enable you to determine if your organization should invest in a DR Redirect solution.
If your organization needs a reliable network connection to perform daily work tasks, a disaster can be detrimental if it takes down your network and results in a long recovery.
Extended network downtime can result in hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue being lost and can even result in lost customers.
Coeo understands how important disaster recovery is and has helped thousands of organizations restore their network connectivity during and after a disaster.
We want you to understand what DR Redirect is so you can determine whether it is the right solution for your organization.
If you would like to speak with our team to learn more about how DR Redirect works or ask any questions you may have you can schedule an appointment.
Now that you understand what DR Redirect is and whether it is right for your organization, read the article below to understand disaster recovery best practices:
