This chapter discusses methods and planning for disaster recovery.
The sections in this chapter are:
Recovery Facilities
Planning for Disaster Recovery
Testing Your Recovery System
In this age of highly computerized business, some of your
business information may be available only through your computer
systems. Very often the information we rely on is only available
through our computers. Regularly backing up the information stored
on your computer system protects that information from a system
failure. Your backups and your computer system, however, are not
indestructible and can be damaged or destroyed by smoke, noxious
fumes, explosion, flood, earthquake, sabotage, and many other natural and
man-made problems. Without access to your computer system, you may
lose track of sales, production, existing customers, and accounting
information.
This chapter discusses strategies for protecting computer
operations from a variety of disasters. Planning for a disaster
and identifying the best means for recovering with a minimum of
delay is the key to disaster recovery. Costs of disaster recovery
systems vary greatly depending upon the alternative you select and
the features you require. However, if a properly designed disaster
recovery system saves your business, you will want it at any cost.
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