Written By: Christopher James Keenan [BIAS IT Marketing Director]
“Recover From Encryption Attacks, Corrupt Data & Other Serious Issues
In Minutes Not Days or Weeks”
A BIAS I.T. PROJECT FOR ECL CIVIL ENGINEERING LIMITED
12 HOURS OF WORK IN 120 SECONDS
“The Mission Was Clear”
On a late, dark Friday night, after everyone had left for the weekend, the BIAS team of IT engineers began their work.
The mission was critical, no room for failure, no room for mistakes. Our IT engineers were about to upgrade a business’s computer systems in a way that would provide lasting benefits well into the next decade.
It all started with stripping out the clients’ old servers & racks to replace them with a cutting-edge Virtualisation system.
“What’s Virtualisation?”
Virtualisation is like having multiple separate computers running on a single physical machine. Imagine your computer can split into several smaller, independent computers, each acting like its own device. A better metaphor might be to think of your IT system as a large office building. These Virtual Machines are like individual offices within the building. Each office operates independently with its own equipment and staff, even though they share the same building structure.
“How Does Virtualisation Help My Business?”
In short, virtualisation helps businesses make the most of their IT hardware by running multiple “virtual” computers on one physical device called a host.
For example, you can have a virtual server for each of your business software applications. You can create another virtual server that manages data backups, or you can have a virtual server for accounting software, your printers, your files, your domain controllers. In fact, you can virtualise your key infrastructure for just about anything you can think of. The list is almost endless…
“Why Virtual Machines, Why Not Use Real Servers?”
Did I mention the massive cost savings? Virtualisation reduces hardware costs by consolidating multiple virtual machines on fewer physical hosts.
“Recover From Encryption Attacks, Corrupt Data & Other Serious Issues
in Minutes Not Days or Weeks”
How about resource optimisation? Did you know that virtualisation allows you to effortlessly increase or decrease the CPU and memory of virtual machines as needed. Perhaps even more importantly virtualisation improves “Disaster Recovery” as it allows for quick backups and restoration, virtually removing downtime and outages. This means your business can recover from encryption attacks, corrupt data and other serious issues in minutes not days or weeks.
Scalability is also one of the benefits of virtualisation. Using virtual machines enables ‘rapid system scaling’ by creating, removing, or modifying virtual servers without physical adjustments. Put simply, this means you can create and spin up a new server in minutes without new hardware and its associated costs.
Some might say the most important feature that virtualisation offers is enhanced security. Using virtual machines means you can isolate applications in separate environments, minimising security risks from vulnerabilities on other systems.
“Why Use Synology Products for Virtualisation?”
BIAS IT is a Synology Gold Partner; we have used Synology NAS equipment for over a decade. The Synology systems are reliable, safe, secure and the most advanced in their field. Furthermore, Synology provide exceptional customer support, they are the Rolls Royce of their sector. These reasons are pretty much why we exclusively use Synology for all critical systems and why we’ve used them in this particular virtualisation project.
“In Just12 Hours All of The Hardware for Virtualisation Was Ready”
With the BIAS IT engineers hard at work throughout the night, our client experienced ZERO business interruption. What’s more, on Monday morning the clients staff all turned up for work to enjoy a brand new, shiny solution that boasts Terabytes of SSD for super-fast file access and a whopping half a Petabyte of hard disk drive space for super secure backups, IT systems, CCTV security footage and software data storage.
If you are looking for an IT business system that works for you call today on 0345 548 8853 or email IT-Company@biasit.com.
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