Protecting customer databases to shield business data against ransomware attacks and effective disaster recovery in a hybrid production environment

Abstract

Backup and recovery are the processes of making copies of data and storing it securely for V. Chang and G. Wills, “A model to compare cloud and non-cloud storage of big data, Future Gener,” Future Gener. Compute. Syst. Int recovery in case the original data gets damaged or lost due to computer or storage system failures. During recovery, the data is restored to its operating location from the backup copy, so it can once again be used in business operations. In order to safeguard against ransomware risk, these backup copies should be immutable, which means once written to the storage these copies cannot be modified. The category of onsite and cloud-based technology solutions known as ‘backup and recovery’ also automates and supports this process, enabling business firms to safeguard their data and keep it for operational and regulatory requirements. Multiple backup solutions are available to protect a database running in a production environment. Customers can choose a specific or hybrid solution based on the deployment and requirements. For example, databases running in a virtual environment on a hypervisor in a data center may have a different solution than a database running on bare metal servers. Each method has its own benefits and limitations. The goal of this paper is to discuss the different solutions available for backup and recovery and come up with a proposal for effective backup and disaster recovery solutions in the event of any system failures.