automated network management

The huge amount of automated network management
data and numerous applications in an IT landscape usually have varying degrees of importance to business operations. Consequently, it is economically feasible to implement different types of storage solutions with different business continuity parameters. These graduated qualities of service for storage are also referred to as storage hierarchies. Users of the storage are charged according to the quality of service selected. Therefore, a best-possible price-performance ratio is established between the business value of the data and the operating costs of the data.

Therefore, the optimisation of the restart time and of the cost curve is an important aspect to be considered in the planning and selection of a business continuity solution. An optimal solution is embedded in the area where the cost curve of the solution intersects with the cost curve of the failure or outage. This area is also referred to as the optimal cost-time window for a business continuity solution. The general methods of risk management are helpful in optimally implementing a business continuity plan. Risk management sets the costs that arise through the occurrence of risks in relationship to the costs involved in avoiding a risk and the costs of reducing the effects of a risk.