At the heart of every modern building, there is a building management system (BMS) that controls the HVAC, lighting and security, and fire suppression systems. Building managers rely on BMS consoles to streamline and optimize building operations and ensure the environment is comfortable and safe for tenants.
A BMS needs to operate reliably whether it is in an on-premises data center or in a public cloud environment, such as AWS EC2, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP). There are several approaches to protecting a BMS from downtime and disasters — using fault-tolerant (FT), high-availability (HA) solutions, and disaster recovery (DR) solutions — but determining which approach is best depends upon multiple considerations.