Question #6
The main objective of a BCP (Business Continuity Plan) is:
a.Getting your business up and running after a disaster.
b. Keeping remote data centers up and running after a disaster.
c. Keeping your business running during a disaster.
d. Avoiding disasters altogether.
Were you correct? The correct answer is
c. Keeping your business running during a disaster.
Learn more:
Business continuity planning is an involved, exhaustive process, but it isn't one that storage administrators can ignore in the post Sept. 11 world. Because storage is only a small part of the process of business continuity it's important to keep an overall view of the process.The term apparently uses the woven material metaphor to suggest the possible complexity and web-like structure of switching paths and ports within a node.
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never-ending story of BCP
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- Top ten
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- Selecting BC/DR solutions
This was first published in January 2004
Storage Management Strategies for the CIO