FAQs:Disaster Recovery FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Disaster recovery planning
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What is the most important aspect of data protection when it comes to DR?
FAQ - You could answer that with one word really, and I would have to say "testing." Just "testing." Whatever you do when you're protecting data, whether it's a backup, whether it's replication, whatever it is, make sure that you test what you put in place....
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How far apart should my production and alternate recovery sites be?
FAQ - As a good consultant, I would have to use the typical answer; it depends. We have a few things to consider here. First, what kind of disaster are you trying to protect yourself (or your organization) from? Second, what is your geography like?
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How do I identify what data to replicate and what data to simply backup?
FAQ - It goes back again to the value of the data to your organization -- or the impact of losing access to this data. Typically, from a business continuity perspective, the best way to establish this is through what we call a "business impact analysis," which...
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How do I establish recovery priority for my applications?
FAQ - If it's at the IT level, it comes from a data perspective. When you start moving up a little bit into the business side, people start looking at the applications because they don't really know where the data is. If we talk today about virtualization, you...