Challenge: Improving operational efficiency and meeting compliance obligations for disaster recovery
4Té is a professional design and planning firm with a stellar reputation for delivering exceptional results across an enviable portfolio of clients. As their business grew, so did the need to modernize their IT practices to keep pace with increased demands and evolving customer expectations.
A crucial aspect of this modernization was improving their IT redundancy and disaster recovery (DR) capabilities. 4Té needed a solution that would ensure their IT systems could withstand potential disruptions while meeting their clients’ compliance requirements. After consulting with Opti9 (formerly HostedBizz), 4Té introduced a cloud-based DR plan that would safeguard their operations and improve recovery times in the event of a disaster.
Opti9’s Cloud Disaster Recovery Solution: A Game Changer for 4Té
Opti9 proposed a robust bare-metal backup solution that would replicate 4Té’s entire server infrastructure in the cloud. This solution not only provided traditional file-level recovery capabilities but also allowed 4Té to restore complete server images onto a Cloud Server in the event of a hardware failure or disaster.
With the Opti9 cloud solution in place, 4Té can now restore its entire IT infrastructure and get back to business in a matter of hours—something that would have been impossible with their previous on-premise backup system.
Key Benefits and Outcomes of 4Té’s Cloud Disaster Recovery Implementation
Dramatically Reduced Recovery Time
The recovery time in the event of a disaster has been dramatically reduced. What used to take 36 hours—rebuilding servers, reinstalling operating systems and applications, and restoring data from tape backups—can now be accomplished in just a few hours. With Opti9’s cloud disaster recovery solution, 4Té can restore their IT services onto a virtual private server within hours from a snapshot taken minutes before the failure.
Automated and Fully Managed DR Solution
The process of disaster recovery is now automated and fully managed by Opti9. The initial setup took approximately two hours, including the seeding of data. From there, the system regularly takes snapshots of 4Té’s IT environment to ensure that their latest data is always backed up. This automated approach has freed up 4Té’s team from manual backups and restores, improving efficiency and reliability.
Enhanced Business Continuity and Cost-Effectiveness
With Opti9’s cloud infrastructure, 4Té no longer needs to worry about maintaining and managing on-premise backup hardware. The solution is not only cost-effective but also reliable, ensuring that critical services are restored swiftly in case of IT disasters, whether it’s a cyber attack, hardware failure, or other disruptions.
100% Canadian Cloud Infrastructure for Compliance and Peace of Mind
All of Opti9’s cloud assets are housed in Canadian Tier 3 certified data centers, ensuring that 4Té’s data is stored securely and complies with Canadian privacy and data sovereignty laws. This means that customer data never leaves Canada, providing peace of mind for both 4Té and their clients.
Scalable and Flexible Cloud Services
4Té now benefits from a fully managed and monitored Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) solution using Veeam Backup and Replication and Veeam Cloud Connect. With offsite backup jobs completing in just four hours, even with their limited bandwidth, 4Té’s IT environment is always protected, enabling them to stay focused on their core business.
What 4Té Had to Say About the Transition to Cloud
Tammy Green, Systems Manager at 4Té, shares:
“Before moving to the cloud, we were using a tape backup system, which was cumbersome and unreliable for our critical data. Opti9 was able to replace this whole process with an automated, worry-free backup solution into their secure Canadian cloud infrastructure. We now have full DR capabilities and the peace of mind knowing that our IT services can be restored in a matter of hours.”
The Future of 4Té’s IT Strategy with Opti9
With their cloud disaster recovery solution in place, 4Té is now better positioned to scale its operations while maintaining the resilience, redundancy, and business continuity required by their clients. As their business continues to grow, Opti9’s cloud solutions will provide the flexibility and reliability they need to stay ahead in a competitive industry.
Key Outcomes:
- Full Disaster Recovery (DR) capabilities with reduced recovery times
- Automated, fully managed backup and disaster recovery processes
- Annual cost savings by eliminating the need for on-premise backup hardware
- 100% Canadian cloud hosting for data sovereignty and compliance
- Peace of mind knowing their IT infrastructure is protected in case of disaster
Opti9’s cloud infrastructure has allowed 4Té to enhance its operational efficiency and disaster preparedness, delivering reliable business continuity for critical services. Their transition to the cloud is a prime example of how modern cloud solutions can enable businesses to stay resilient, secure, and compliant—without compromising on performance.