Case Study: British Columbia Institute of Technology achieves rapid disaster recovery and reduced RTO with Vision Solutions' Double-Take RecoverNow for AIX

British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) - Customer Case Study

British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) is a multi‑campus technical and professional education institution in the earthquake‑prone Greater Vancouver area that relies on Oracle databases running on IBM Power/AIX for critical student, HR and financial systems. Facing the need to guarantee fast, reliable recoverability without introducing cross‑platform complexity or extra hardware, BCIT sought a disaster recovery solution that worked entirely within AIX and could protect business‑critical data against seismic and other risks.

BCIT implemented Vision Solutions’ Double‑Take RecoverNow for AIX, replicating data from an IBM Power 570 primary to a Power 550 backup in a seismically stronger building; deployment was completed quickly with vendor support and internal follow‑up. The solution delivered much shorter RTOs (from roughly 48 hours to minutes), point‑in‑time restores, automatic background resynchronization, proven failover reliability in tests, minimal ongoing management, and the option to relocate the backup further outside the earthquake zone.

British Columbia Institute of Technology