Virtualisation can simplify the management of disaster recovery while lowering power consumption and overhead costs, it has been claimed.
According to Data Storage Connection, enterprises often lack the internal expertise to coordinate disaster recovery for hundreds or thousands of servers.
"[Virtualisation] software can help organistions implement simple, cost-efective, highly automated disaster recovery for virtualised environments," the group continued.
The company went on to say that disaster recovery plans can include hundreds of detailed steps, from changing cable configurations to bringing recovery site servers online in the proper order, all of which need to be fully documented.
It added that additional complications can delay site recovery if an event occurs that requires travel to a remote site.
Last week, Andrea Skov, chief marketing officer of IT services provider Teneros, claimed UK businesses should ensure they choose their disaster recovery systems carefully as some generic solutions are not designed to be MS Exchange specific.