| Fire damage, floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, or | | | | difference between a short-term inconvenience |
| other destructive events can mean the end of | | | | and the end of your organization. |
| thousands of important files. Losing a small | | | | Implementing a Disaster Recovery Plan |
| amount of information due to a power outage | | | | The first step toward reducing the impact of a |
| can be an annoyance. Losing the data for an | | | | disaster is to obtain a disaster recovery planning |
| entire organization is a disaster. | | | | guide and disaster recovery templates. After |
| Having a good data center disaster recovery plan | | | | investing in these items, the strategy for |
| in place can mean the difference between | | | | recovery needs to be planned in detail. Having a |
| success and failure. That's because safeguarding | | | | vague idea of your recovery plan is not going to |
| information is a data center's number one job. If | | | | save you from data loss. |
| that information is lost for any reason, the data | | | | Like any precautionary measure, the upfront |
| center has failed in its main objective. A disaster | | | | planning for disaster recovery can seem like a |
| recovery plan is necessary for success. | | | | waste of valuable company time and resources. |
| Losing Data Costs Time and Money | | | | However, your organization will be grateful that it |
| Losing data to a disastrous event is not only an | | | | is prepared if disaster does strike. |
| inconvenience, it costs money. That's because | | | | A proper disaster recovery plan should also |
| recovering vital business information, if possible at | | | | include an assessment of risk and the impact of a |
| all, can be time consuming and expensive. | | | | loss of information. This allows the company to |
| Each day that passes between the data loss and | | | | prioritize data center operations, an important |
| the recovery of that data means lost business | | | | step in recovering business viability. |
| hours, less chance of successful recovery, and | | | | An additional integral component to any plan for |
| more expensive recovery. A successful disaster | | | | business continuity should be rigorous and regular |
| recovery plan can help save you money. | | | | testing. Disaster recovery plans should be tested |
| In addition, for some data centers, lost data can | | | | and reviewed on a regular basis. This ensures that |
| be time-sensitive. Waiting a week for that | | | | the plan is ready for a true emergency situation. |
| information can make it useless. Even waiting a | | | | Safeguard the Future Success of Your |
| day can be too long. That's why it's important to | | | | Organization |
| have a disaster recovery plan in place that allows | | | | Problems with hardware or software often strike |
| you to recover data from the moment of the | | | | when usage is at its highest point. That usually |
| disaster. | | | | means a very busy time for the organization. |
| How Important is Your Data? | | | | Peak usage times, while some of the most |
| If the data center is down, the rest of the | | | | vulnerable, are also the last time you want your |
| business may not be able to function properly. In | | | | data center to have a crisis. |
| fact, some studies have shown that computer | | | | It is important not to be lulled into a false sense |
| outages of more than ten days can cause | | | | of security by the seeming reliability of your |
| permanent financial damage to a company. Within | | | | systems. Modern technology runs perfectly right |
| 5 years, half of those businesses have closed | | | | up until the time it doesn't. You don't want that |
| their doors. | | | | time to be the downfall of your business. |
| Your information is vital to your business, and | | | | Implement a disaster recovery plan, and |
| that's why a data recovery plan is simply | | | | safeguard both your data and the future success |
| common sense. Recovery from a disaster needs | | | | of your organization. |
| to be straight-forward, and it can mean the | | | | |