Disaster Recovery
New York Twin tower blast, Japan Tsunami, Earthquakes, Wars, Civil unrest, fire, flood, pandemic, strikes – these are some of the ‘known’ disasters that can possibly strike us. And then there is this entire category of ‘unknown’ disasters which we’ll come to know only after they strike us. So, do you have a ‘disaster recovery’ plan to counter such threats and safe-guard your business? If not, read on!
Disaster Recovery planning (DRP) is a subset of Business Continuity planning (BCP). Business Continuity Planning is a set of guidelines to counter one or more disasters, which is agreed by the Senior Management and key stakeholders in the organization. Disaster Recovery is the actual process to be used when disaster strikes, so as to recover data, hardware, software and your people. Apart from valuable human lives, other major areas affected due to disaster are:
WAN Connectivity
Telephone lines
Applications (Email, Financial transactions, Customer Ordering & Delivery systems etc) BCP or DCP helps you to:
Cut back on your losses when disaster strikes
Protect your brand image and reputation; your Insurance company recognizes you favorably
Comply with Corporate and Government regulations; Make your customers feel comfortable and increase lead conversion rates
Risks are typically rated based on:
Probability of Occurrence
Its Impact on your business
Typical steps involved in DCP are: Analysis: Perform extensive analysis of your IT Assets Planning: Identify various points of failures and develop the DR plan Implementation & Testing: Setup DR Infrastructure and test to make sure it is disaster proof Training: Identify key personnel and perform drills Monitoring: Monitor changes to IT Assets and update the DR plan accordingly SP Sysnet has been helping organizations of both small and large sizes to setup a high availability IT Infrastructure and Disaster Recovery plans. The DR solution design is of three types: Data: Backup and Restore of your Data Connectivity: Fail-over to a new connectivity line to get your operations up and running fast Server: Fail-over to get your services up and running fast Here are some of your peers whose disaster concerns we’ve put to rest.
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