Posted by Lee Motta on Fri, Oct 02, 2009 @ 03:19 PM
What is Disaster Recovery?
Disaster Recovery means different things to different people. What's really important, is what does it mean to your organization. In this blog, I am going to hope to cover many areas, such as:
- What does Disaster Recovery entail?
- Why it is important to be prepared?
- How do you do it?
- How will I know when I am done?
- What are the best practices to maintain your IT infrastructure?
- Examples of where some have succeeded... and others have failed.
- How to utilize RAID Technology?
- Can RAID Technology and Disaster Recovery work together?
According to Wikipedia, Disaster Recovery is the process, policies and procedures related to preparing an organization for a recovery or continuation of an IT infrastructure that is critical after a natural or human- induced disaster.
With the increasing importance of information technology for the continuation of business critical functions, combined with a transition to an around-the-clock economy, the importance of protecting an organization's data and IT infrastructure in the event of a disruptive situation has become an increasing and more visible business priority in recent years.
It is estimated that most large companies spend between 2% and 4% of their IT budget on disaster recovery planning, with the aim of avoiding larger losses in the event that the business cannot continue to function due to loss of IT infrastructure and data. Of companies that had a major loss of business data, 43% never reopen, 51% close within two years, and only 6% will survive long-term.
Stay tuned to this blog to learn about different product options, methodologies and just some good, common sense ideas.