China Merchants Group Data Center: Cross-Cloud Disaster Recovery

Overview

China Merchants Group

Country: China

Industry: Government / Enterprise Cloud Services

Solution: i2CDP Continuous Data Protection + i2DTO Object Storage Replication + i2Active Cross-Cloud Database DR + i2FFO/i2Move Full OS Migration + i2UP Unified Disaster Recovery Management

China Merchants Group has largely migrated its business systems to the proprietary China Merchants Cloud platform, while secondary subsidiaries’ systems are gradually moving to the cloud. With the rapid growth of business systems, ensuring disaster recovery capability and data security on China Merchants Cloud has become increasingly important. The project aimed to reduce data and business continuity risks through real-time replication, rapid application failover, and unified disaster recovery management.

Customer Challenge

• No unified disaster recovery system for hundreds of business applications across China Merchants Cloud.
• Need to ensure real-time data replication for critical applications and configurations.
• Ensure rapid failover and uninterrupted service in case of system or cloud failures.
• Support cross-cloud disaster recovery between China Merchants Cloud and Tianyi Cloud.
• Integrate disaster recovery tools into a unified management platform.

I2 Solution

• i2CDP — Continuous Data Protection
  Provided real-time replication of applications and configurations to ensure point-in-time recoverability.
• i2DTO — Object Storage Replication
  Enabled disaster recovery replication of object storage across platforms.
• i2Active — Cross-Cloud Database DR
  Delivered semantic-level database replication to ensure high availability for Oracle, MySQL, and SQL Server across heterogeneous clouds.
• i2FFO / i2Move — Full OS Migration and Protection
  Enabled full-system replication and failover for critical servers to ensure business continuity.
• i2UP — Unified Disaster Recovery Management
  Integrated all disaster recovery products into a single management platform with open API, allowing centralized monitoring and control across clouds.

Solution Effects

• Established a unified disaster recovery management platform, enhancing and supplementing China Merchants Cloud DR capabilities.
• Achieved cross-cloud disaster recovery with minute-level RTO for business applications.
• Supported primary-secondary cross-cloud DR for heterogeneous databases, enabling fast failover.
• Provided OS-level full-system protection for critical business systems, ensuring uninterrupted operations.