Method And Apparatus For Rapid Disaster Recovery Preparation In A Cloud Network
First Claim
1. An apparatus for providing rapid disaster recovery preparation, the apparatus comprising:
- a data storage; and
a processor communicatively coupled to the data storage, the processor being configured to;
monitor network metrics from a first network resource;
determine that a disaster condition has occurred that impacts availability of a second network resource based on the received network metrics; and
send a disaster warning alert message to a third network resource;
wherein the first, second and third network resources are different resources.
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Abstract
Various embodiments provide a method and apparatus of providing a rapid disaster recovery preparation in cloud networks that proactively detects disaster events and rapidly allocates cloud resources. Rapid disaster recovery preparation may shorten the recovery time objective (RTO) by proactively growing capacity on the recovery application(s)/resource(s) before the surge of recovery traffic hits the recovery application(s)/resource(s). Furthermore, rapid disaster recovery preparation may shorten RTO by growing capacity more rapidly than during “normal operation” where the capacity is increased by modest growth after the load has exceeded a utilization threshold for a period of time.
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23 Claims
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1. An apparatus for providing rapid disaster recovery preparation, the apparatus comprising:
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a data storage; and a processor communicatively coupled to the data storage, the processor being configured to; monitor network metrics from a first network resource; determine that a disaster condition has occurred that impacts availability of a second network resource based on the received network metrics; and send a disaster warning alert message to a third network resource; wherein the first, second and third network resources are different resources. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus for providing rapid disaster recovery preparation, the apparatus comprising:
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a data storage; and a processor communicatively coupled to the data storage, the processor being configured to; receive a disaster warning alert message; and perform a rapid elastic growth operation, the rapid elastic growth operation comprising;
a growth of network resource prior to exceeding a utilization threshold. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A recovery system for providing rapid disaster recovery preparation, the system comprising:
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at least one network resource; a plurality of data centers, the plurality of data centers comprising a disaster-impacted data center and a recovery data center; a resource monitor apparatus communicatively coupled to the at least one network resource and the plurality of data centers, the resource monitor apparatus being configured to; receive network metrics from the at least one network resource; determine that a disaster condition has occurred that potentially impacts availability of the disaster-impacted data center, the determination being based on the received network metrics; and send a disaster warning alert message to the recovery data center; and the recovery data center being configured to; receive the disaster warning alert message; and perform a rapid elastic growth operation, the rapid elastic growth operation comprising;
a growth of network resource prior to exceeding a utilization threshold. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A method for rapid disaster recovery preparation, the method comprising:
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at a processor communicatively coupled to a data storage, receiving network metrics from a first network resource; determining, by the processor in cooperation with the data storage, that a disaster condition has occurred that impacts availability of a second network resource based on the received network metrics; and sending, by the processor in cooperation with the data storage, a disaster warning alert message to a third network resource; wherein the first, second and third network resources are different resources. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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