Customer Background and Challenges

A government department client in Nigeria, their production business operates on physical machines in IDC data centers. Due to unstable local power supply and aging physical equipment, they plan to DR their systems to Huawei Cloud to address various uncertainties.
The client encountered several major challenges in planning a robust DR solution:
 

Unstable Power Supply: Aging infrastructure and an unstable power grid expose business systems to unpredictable risks, prompting the client to explore cloud-based DR for better reliability.

Lack of Suitable Solution: After testing solutions from Veeam and i2, the client found that none provided effective cloud-based recovery to meet their DR needs.

Complex IT Environment: Limited bandwidth, high data volumes, and system disks exceeding 4TB complicate the disaster recovery planning process

Solution

HyperBDR delivered a cloud-native disaster recovery solution that perfectly matched the client’s needs:

Cloud-Native DR Solution: Fully integrated with cloud-native modules, HyperBDR automates cloud orchestration and overcomes system disk size limitations, enabling DR spin-up of 4TB disks on Huawei Cloud.

Boot in Cloud Technology: HyperBDR leverages automatic API calls to orchestrate resources, allowing business systems to achieve one-click boot-up to a usable state without pre-launched cloud hosts.

Optimized DR TCO: By removing the need for one-to-one pre-launched cloud hosts, HyperBDR minimizes costs by using only storage during backup and spinning up instances only during failover or drills.

Minute-Level Protection: Utilizing cloud block storage capabilities, HyperBDR achieves rapid recovery, enabling 15-minute restoration for 8TB of data on Huawei Cloud.

Customer Value

100% On Cloud: The client fully migrated their business systems to the cloud, leveraging cloud advantages to ensure critical systems remained available with minimal downtime.

Minute-Level RTO: HyperBDR met the client’s stringent recovery objectives, enabling disaster recovery within a minute-level window to ensure operational continuity.

100% Automation: HyperBDR’s fully automated orchestration streamlined DR processes, reducing manual intervention and improving reliability.

50% Reduction in TCO: The client benefited from a flexible, cloud-based DR solution that cut Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) by 50%, achieving cost efficiency without compromising performance.