Modern IT and computing infrastructure have grown beyond the typical on-premises physical and virtual hardware in data centers to more complex hybrid architectures. As a result, the associated disaster recovery (DR) implementations of tapes, disks or SAN-to-SAN replication have become more complex and expensive. Lowering risk and ensuring business continuity in the face of a disaster has become daunting for organizations of all sizes.

A study by Nationwide Insurance found that 75 percent of business owners don't have a disaster recovery plan, even though 52 percent stated that average disaster recovery time can take as long as three months. Among organizations that do not have a DR plan, 25 percent do not recover from catastrophic disasters. These statistics suggest that organizations should invest in a good disaster recovery solution to protect business-critical data and applications in case of a disaster.