| When you think of a disaster happening to your | | | | tragic mistake of keeping their backup in the |
| company, you usually think of a fire, flood, | | | | same physical location as their original data, only |
| earthquake, hurricane or tornado. In each of these | | | | to find that they are both wiped out in a disaster. |
| instances, can you imagine what it would do to | | | | When you are choosing disaster recovery |
| your company if any of these disasters wiped | | | | software, you should try and choose a program |
| out everything that you have on your | | | | that works automatically, so that no matter |
| computers? Would you be able to continue to do | | | | whose responsibility it is to backup the computers, |
| business without your data, your programs, your | | | | it will always be done. Most companies tend to |
| billing your payroll, and your applications? Most | | | | perform this function in the middle of the night or |
| companies would be out of business immediately. | | | | on the weekends to avoid down-time for users. |
| Disaster recovery software is used to protect | | | | Even if you live an area that doesn't have |
| your company against these instances. It is more | | | | wide-scale natural disasters, you should still have |
| than just a simple backup of your data. It is used | | | | disaster recovery software in place in case of |
| to create a "mirror" of your entire system, | | | | viruses, angry employees, theft, or problems such |
| almost like a duplicate system that operates | | | | as power surges or flooding. You never know |
| off-site. By keeping this mirror in a different place | | | | what the future has in store for you and by |
| than the rest of your computers, you will be able | | | | protecting yourself first, you will have a better |
| to rest assured that it will be recoverable if your | | | | chance of surviving the storm. |
| original is wiped out. Many companies make the | | | | |