Cyber 1 data center’s fire after servers explode, how long is the data security way to go?

Recently, a fire was caught at Cyber 1 data center in Jakarta, Indonesia, with internet services being severely interrupted and 2 technicians killed. According to the head of the rescue team, the fire was caused by a server explosion.

Cyber 1 data center is the choice of many digital operators for hosting services, including well-known Indonesian Internet service provider APJII, the service of whom were interrupted due to the accident, along with local service providers in the country including ShopeePay, IPOT and Magic also being affected at different extend. Fortunately, the fire did not spread further besides the second floor to affect data equipment of more service providers or important government data stored on other floors.

It’s reported that this was not the first time the data center got caught in the fire. The same thing had once happened in 2015, but luckily no people injure/death or equipment damage was found.

Such incidents seem to happen a lot around the world in recent years. This April, Generator fire brought down WebNX data center in Utah; This March, a massive fire destroyed OVH Data Center in Strasbourg, France; On August 2020, faulty UPS triggers fire at Telstra’s London data center… However, there are very few that managed to recover business in a very short time when things like this hit data centers, all because of the absence of an effective enterprise-grade disaster recovery plan.

To get critical data fully prepared against varied threats, Vinchin Backup & Recovery carries out a series of DR solutions applicable in a wide range of scenarios, including quick business recovery after fire.

Offsite Backup Copy

Based on on-premises backups, extra backup copies can be created and saved in another location using Vinchin Backup & Recovery. In case any disaster hits the primary data center and gets both production and backup environment damaged, the critical data can still be directly restored at the remote production environment using offsite backup copies, realizing cross-region disaster recovery.

Instant VM Recovery

For applications that need to offer 24/7 support, Vinchin Backup & Recovery provides Instant Restore to quickly get target virtual machine up running at the remote site in seconds using essential system data in the latest restore point, minimizing business downtime caused by severe system failure or disaster. The whole recovery process will make no effect on the original backup data.

Archive Backups to Cloud

For data that’re not frequently used but need to be kept for a long time for related policy compliance, Vinchin Backup & Recovery provides Backup Archive that allows users to archive on-premises backups to multiple public cloud storages. The requirement of long-term data retention can be met in a more convenient and cost-effective way. Besides, archive data can also be used as a reliable resource for effective disaster recovery if needed.

Fire is not the only threat to data security. Ransomware, hardware failures, and natural disasters like earthquakes and floods can all place danger to business data. Rather than having to bear financial and data losses, and prepare for draining data center reconstruction after disaster, establishing powerful disaster recovery plans in advance is the wisest choice.