On-Premise IT DR

How a US manufacturer with colocation-hosted critical applications used SIB to conduct a full BIA, establish an on-premise DR site, and validate recovery procedures through table-top training.

From Colocation Risk to On-Premise DR Resilience

A US-based manufacturer specializing in durable, flexible hose and ducting solutions hosts all business-critical applications in a colocation data center where it owns rack space. The organization needed to develop failover strategies for these applications — but first had to determine their business criticality and recovery precedence through a formal Business Impact Analysis.

SIB's team of IT consultants conducted a detailed BIA, established an on-premise IT DR site, identified a cloud backup provider, formulated recovery procedures for all hosted servers, and compiled a comprehensive IT recovery plan — then uploaded it to SIB's software and validated it through a full table-top training exercise.

  • Detailed BIA identifying all critical server and application dependencies
  • On-premise DR site established after feasibility analysis
  • Recovery procedures formulated for all colocation servers
  • Full IT recovery plan uploaded to SIB and table-top tested
The Challenge
Colocation Dependency

All business-critical applications hosted in a colocation data center — with no failover strategy if colocation servers went down and no DR site to absorb the workload

No Recovery Priority Framework

A Business Impact Analysis was needed to determine business criticality and recovery precedence across all applications before failover strategies could be developed

Alternate Site Required

An alternate DR site needed to be identified, established, and validated — along with cloud backup services and fool-proof recovery procedures for every critical server

Who, Challenge & Solution

SIB's IT consultants delivered a complete on-premise IT DR strategy — from BIA and DR site establishment through recovery procedure formulation, plan upload, and validated table-top testing.

Who

A US-based manufacturer specializing in providing durable, long-lasting, flexible hose and ducting solutions with industrial and commercial applications — hosting all business-critical applications in a colocation data center where it owns rack space.

  • US hose and ducting solutions manufacturer
  • Industrial and commercial product range
  • Colocation-hosted critical application infrastructure

The Challenge

All critical applications were in a colocation data center with no failover strategy. A BIA was needed to identify recovery priorities, and an alternate DR site had to be established to handle failover if colocation servers went down. Recovery procedures had not been formulated or tested.

  • No failover for colocation server failure
  • Recovery priorities undefined — BIA required
  • No DR site established or recovery procedures formulated

BIA & DR Site Establishment

SIB's IT consultants conducted a detailed BIA by interviewing departmental heads and identifying each department's IT dependencies. Critical servers and applications were inventoried with RTO objectives. An IT DR site was then established at one of the organization's own locations after a feasibility analysis, with a cloud backup provider identified for data transfer.

  • BIA via departmental head interviews
  • Critical server inventory with RTO objectives
  • DR site established after feasibility analysis

Recovery Plan & Table-Top Testing

Recovery procedures were formulated for each colocation server, then a comprehensive IT recovery plan was compiled accounting for application recovery priority and personnel availability during an outage. The plan was uploaded to SIB's software, additional personnel identified for ongoing maintenance, and a table-top exercise conducted to validate the procedures were fool-proof.

  • Recovery procedures formulated per server
  • Comprehensive IT DR plan uploaded to SIB
  • Table-top exercise validated fool-proof procedures

See the SIB Platform in Action

Request a demo to see how SIB's IT DR consulting and platform supports on-premise and colocation-based organizations — from BIA and DR site setup to recovery plan management and training exercises.

See the Application Work

See how SIB manages on-premise IT DR scenarios — BIA interview workflows, server inventory management, recovery procedure documentation, and DR plan tracking all in one platform.

Cloud Security in Action

Witness the platform's secure cloud architecture — ensuring your IT DR plans, recovery procedures, and personnel data remain protected and accessible even when on-premise infrastructure fails.

Explore All Features

Explore BIA workflow tools, server inventory management, recovery procedure formulation, RTO tracking, personnel assignment, plan upload, and table-top exercise scheduling capabilities.

Compare & Choose

Compare SIB's on-premise IT DR solution against your colocation or data center environment — and identify the right DR site strategy, backup approach, and recovery plan configuration.

Expert BIA Consulting

SIB's IT consultants conduct detailed Business Impact Analyses — interviewing departmental heads, identifying IT dependencies, and building RTO-based recovery priority frameworks for your organization.

Consult Our Experts

Consult with SIB's on-premise IT DR specialists to design a complete recovery strategy for your colocation infrastructure — from BIA and DR site to validated table-top exercises.

Protect your colocation-hosted applications with a validated on-premise IT DR strategy.

Stay In Business helps manufacturers and enterprises conduct BIAs, establish DR sites, formulate server recovery procedures, and validate readiness — building fool-proof IT DR capability from the ground up.

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