INTELLIGENT DATA CENTRES
Far from being a
nice to have or a
sign of excessive
caution, disaster
recovery is
a business
imperative.
there, work out what your ideal
recovery targets would be for these
apps and processes.
Running through some hypothetical
scenarios might be helpful. How much
data loss can you handle? How quickly
do you need to be back up and running?
How much would downtime cost the
firm, in terms of output and broader
consequences? All of these questions will
help to define the recovery time objectives
for the business and the best approach as
a result.
A huge point that is often overlooked
is that just having a disaster plan is not
enough. You should look to regularly test
the viability and quality of your backups to
be certain they are completely recoverable,
that the plan will function as expected and
all data is where it needs to be; off-site, for
example. The last thing you want during
a disaster is to find that the plan has not
been completely implemented or run
in months, or worse, discover there are
workloads which are not recoverable.
It is critical that businesses resist the
temptation to bury their heads in the sand
when it comes to disaster recovery. IT
outages can happen to anyone and IDC
estimates that 80% of businesses that
do not have a disaster recovery plan will
simply fail when one takes place.
When it comes to your data and IT
services, there is a significant risk a
business may never recover if it is not
adequately prepared. We live in a digitally
transformed world and many businesses
cannot operate without the availability
of systems and data. These simple points
listed above can bring about the resiliency
organisations need to effectively handle
disasters, and prove their reliability to the
customers they serve.
So, while the full value of DRaaS might
not be realised immediately, the right
disaster recovery plan could prevent an
outage from becoming a catastrophe for
your business.
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