Disaster Recovery

The need for Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning has been highlighted recently by the continuing rapid increase in the dependency of business on technology and the series of headline-grabbing, thought-provoking disasters witnessed in recent years, caused by and including power failures, fuel shortages, storms and floods. As these disasters occupy prominent coverage by the news media, the senior management of virtually every company and governmental entity needs to consider and plan for the prospect of a disaster interrupting their operations by Disaster Recovery planning.

Disaster Recovery is a response to a declared disaster or a regional disaster. In case of IT or Computers, it is the restoration or recovery of an entire agent computer. As part of a Disaster Recovery, the agent computer is rebuilt, operating system installed, and then the agent software installed. The computer's data is then restored from a Network Attached Storage device. The media is delivered to the client at their normal site of operations or a designated alternate site.

Planning is the main part of Disaster Recovery: The focus of Disaster Recovery planning in the IT environment is the quick recovery of technical operations and services in the wake of a technology related disaster. Needless to say, this is no easy task. As can be expected, there is no singular definition for a technology related disaster and Disaster Recovery. Within the IT environment, disasters can arise out of any number of scenarios and consequences, including natural disasters (hurricanes or floods), tangible hardware or software failures, acts of malicious intent, or simple human error. The causes and combinations are so varied, individual events are difficult to predict. So, if we are to plan properly for disastrous events and contingencies by way of Disaster Recovery planning, we must look beyond specific catalysts and into the realm of consequence.

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Disaster Recovery plan for reduction of the risk of human disasters. Disaster plan serves as a catalyst for improved safety and security measures to reduce the risk of preventable, man-made disasters. Disaster Recovery management means that the plan encourages each department to review its essential contributions to the total organization, identify and correct potentially hazardous situations, measure the impact of specific disasters on personnel and operations, and assess its own ability to function effectively after a disaster.

For a records disaster prevention and recovery program to be effective, it should cover and involve all departments, divisions, or businesses housed in the same facility. For larger institutions, it could extend involvement in the plan to its off-site facility locations. Often large institutions will rely on separate facility locations as a resource for space, equipment and staff. The point is when departments are located in the same facility, if one goes, they all could go in the event of a disaster.

Many new products on the market and evolving technologies offer data-protection and Disaster Recovery capabilities. for example: HP One-Button Disaster Recovery is built into software and hardware compatibility and HP's entire family of DAT drives, DLT VS, and HP's new Ultrium-format tape drives, the Ultrium 215 and the Ultrium 230. HP One-Button Disaster Recovery has growing support from computer manufacturers and backup application vendors.

Any method of data protection and Disaster Recovery has its pros and cons. In general, depending on the IT funds available, it makes sense to use a combination of technologies that provide quick recovery in the event of data corruption or user error and provide complete recovery in the event of a disaster.