Datacenter preemptive measures for improving protection using IoT sensors
One example method includes receiving information concerning a threat to stored data, correlating the information with a preemptive action which, when taken, prevents harm to the stored data by the threat, implementing the preemptive action before the threat causes harm to the stored data, and taking an action to at least partly return a system associated with the stored data to a pre-threat state. The threat may be a natural disaster, or a human-caused condition, for example.
1. A method, comprising the operations:
receiving information concerning a threat to stored data, wherein a portion of the information is generated by, and received from, one or more sensors that monitor and report on one or more physical aspects of a physical volume within which elements of a data protection system are located, and one of the sensors that monitors and reports on a physical aspect of the physical volume does not monitor or report on performance of a physical component;
correlating the information with a preemptive action which, when taken, prevents harm to the stored data by the threat; and
implementing the preemptive action before the threat causes harm to the stored data, and implementation of the preemptive action is based on a cost to implement failback operations necessitated by implementation of the preemptive action and the implementation is also based on a confidence level that the threat is real and will cause harm to the stored data.
2. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the physical volume is defined by a building and the stored data resides at a datacenter at least partially located within the building.
3. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein some of the information is received from a national control center.
4. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the operations are performed for a third party as part of a subscription service to which the third party is subscribed.
5. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein one or more of the sensors is located within the physical volume.
6. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the harm prevented by the preemptive action comprises one or more of a loss of the stored data, theft of the stored data, and/or corruption of the stored data.
7. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the some of the information is received from a sensor that is not included in the one or more sensors and that is located external to, and remote from, the physical volume.
8. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein implementation of the preemptive action causes a reduction to one or both of a Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and a Recovery Time Objective (RTO), relative to what the RPO and/or RTO would have been, respectively, had the preemptive action not been taken.
9. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the threat is a natural disaster, or a human-caused condition, and the preemptive action comprises any one or more of copying some of the stored data, encrypting some of the stored data, and purging some of the stored data.
10. A non-transitory storage medium having stored therein instructions which are executable by one or more hardware processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving information concerning a threat to stored data, wherein a portion of the information is generated by, and received from, one or more sensors that monitor and report on one or more physical aspects of a physical volume within which elements of a data protection system are located, and one of the sensors that monitors and reports on a physical aspect of the physical volume does not monitor or report on performance of a physical component;
correlating the information with a preemptive action which, when taken, prevents harm to the stored data by the threat; and
implementing the preemptive action before the threat causes harm to the stored data, and implementation of the preemptive action is based on a cost to implement failback operations necessitated by implementation of the preemptive action and the implementation is also based on a confidence level that the threat is real and will cause harm to the stored data.
11. The non-transitory storage medium as recited in claim 10 , wherein the physical volume is defined by a building and the stored data resides at a datacenter at least partially located within the building.
12. The non-transitory storage medium as recited in claim 10 , wherein the preemptive action comprises failing over an application to a datacenter, so as to avoid possible downtime of the application that would otherwise occur as a result of the threat.
13. The non-transitory storage medium as recited in claim 10 , wherein some of the information is received from a sensor that is not included in the one or more sensors and that is located external to, and remote from, the physical volume.
14. The non-transitory storage medium as recited in claim 10 , wherein one or more of the sensors is located within the physical volume.
15. The non-transitory storage medium as recited in claim 10 , wherein the harm prevented by the preemptive action comprises one or more of a loss of the stored data, theft of the stored data, and/or corruption of the stored data.
16. The non-transitory storage medium as recited in claim 10 , wherein the threat comprises a physical threat to the stored data.
17. The non-transitory storage medium as recited in claim 10 , wherein implementation of the preemptive action causes a reduction to one or both of a Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and a Recovery Time Objective (RTO), relative to what the RPO and/or RTO would have been, respectively, had the preemptive action not been taken.
18. The non-transitory storage medium as recited in claim 10 , wherein the threat is a natural disaster, or a human-caused condition, and the preemptive action comprises any one or more of copying some of the stored data, encrypting some of the stored data, and purging some of the stored data.
19. The non-transitory storage medium as recited in claim 10 , wherein the operations are performed for a third party as a part of a subscription service to which the third party is subscribed.
20. A system, comprising:
one or more hardware processors; and
a non-transitory storage medium having stored therein instructions which are executable by the one or more hardware processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving information concerning a threat to stored data, wherein a portion of the information is generated by, and received from, one or more sensors that monitor and report on one or more physical aspects of a physical volume within which elements of a data protection system are located, and one of the sensors that monitors and reports on a physical aspect of the physical volume does not monitor or report on performance of a physical component;
correlating the information with a preemptive action which, when taken, prevents harm to the stored data by the threat; and
implementing the preemptive action before the threat causes harm to the stored data, and implementation of the preemptive action is based on a cost to implement failback operations necessitated by implementation of the preemptive action and the implementation is also based on a confidence level that the threat is real and will cause harm to the stored data.