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Published: 02 Nov 2012
The business case for solid state vs. disk storage

This article is part of the Vol. 9 Num. 4 June 2010 issue of The business case for solid state vs. disk storage

More than 50% of the respondents to our disaster recovery (DR) survey are very confident that their DR plans will save their company from disaster. But one-third don't even test their plans. Whatever you call it -- an expensive insurance policy that you'll probably never use or just a pain in the neck -- disaster recovery (DR) planning and testing is a necessary evil for data storage managers. Two years ago when we first ran a DR survey, just slightly more than half of the respondents said their plans were tested regularly, but this time around that number jumped to 66%. Of course, "regularly" is relative; 59% on our current survey said they test at least twice year, but that's down considerably from the 70% reported in 2008. So while more companies are actually testing their DR plans, they aren't doing it as often. But perhaps testing less frequently has its own rewards: 47% of respondents said they met all of their recovery point objectives (RPOs) and recovery time objectives (RTOs) when they tested vs. only 31% a couple of years ago. That suggests some ... Access >>>

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