Storage and Business Continuity Hardware

Business continuity is a critical aspect of banking: it is essential for banks to be able to continue providing essential services to their customers, even in the event of a disaster, outage, or terrorist attack. In order to do so, banks use specialized hardware and services, designed to guarantee business continuity.

This business continuity infrastructure typically includes redundant servers, storage devices, and networking equipment. All of them are designed to ensure that critical banking systems remain operational in the event of an outage or disaster.

Redundant servers are configured to automatically take over if the primary server goes down: essential banking services, such as online banking and ATM networks, would remain available to customers.

Storage devices preserve critical data, so that it is not lost in the event of a disaster. These devices are typically located off-site and are regularly updated with the latest data. This ensures that the bank can recover quickly and easily in the event of a disaster.

Networking equipment is also an important component of business continuity hardware for banks. This includes routers, switches, and firewalls that are designed to ensure that critical banking systems remain connected and secure. These devices are typically configured with redundant connections to ensure that the network remains operational even if one or more connections fail.