Tier 2  Goldilocks protection for important applications This intermediate tier is for the systems that are important to keep up and running with as little downtime as possible, but that are not mission-critical and do not require the same level of investment. For example, accounting and CRM systems are crucial to most businesses, but many

The least expensive protection for your data-centric applications These are the lowest tiers and are for your non-critical systems. A simple test: Are you more concerned about protecting the data or making sure the application never goes down? Nearly every business has several systems that they can afford to live without for a day or

The Super Simple Basics:  Smart Tiering is cost-effective and easy to implement  If you are like most IT professionals, you know what application tiering means, but have probably not defined things like RTO/RPO/Tiers, or do not have agreement on definitions with your business leaders. You may think doing so requires a six figure project with