Whether the disaster that your business is facing is due to human error, power failure, equipment failure, virus intrusion, cyber-based attacks or even general server crashes, a temporary interruption can have permanent consequences for your disaster recovery plan. With a good grounding in what disaster recovery is, have you decided which of the disaster recovery options is the most favourable taking into account the nature and size of your business?
There are several solutions that you might consider as part of your overall disaster recovery plan which include:
Data centre disaster recovery:
In this approach, the disaster recovery plan is not just limited to a computer facility. The entire premises plays a pivotal role in data centre disaster recovery. The unique features and tools within the building, including the physical security, as well as the staff supporting the system, backup power, even down to fire suppression, all have an effect on the reliability of a data centre as a solution.
All of these individual components have to properly function in order for a data centre to serve its function. Whilst your data is at a lower risk against intruders and cybercriminals, your data centre can still be susceptible to a natural disaster.
Cloud disaster management plan:
If you opt for a cloud-based approach, you’re able to use your cloud provider’s data recovery centre as a recovery site instead of investing in and installing your own.
It also gives you the opportunity to consider different providers and the benefits they can uniquely offer you based on your needs. To invest in a cloud-based disaster management system, you have to be certain that your cloud-provider understands your business’ backup and recovery demands and that they’re able to meet them.
A sound and well-considered disaster recovery plan will have a carefully constructed and bespoke cloud-based solution.
Virtualised disaster management plan:
Virtualisation prevents the need to reconstruct a physical server in the event of a disaster, for example in the face of a fire or disaster at your business premises. You are also able to achieve your targeted Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and to restore yourself within the realm of your Recovery Point Objective (RPO) more easily by placing a virtual server on reserve capacity or the cloud.
Living in a data-driven age means that our businesses need to be able to keep up with us, and organisations that haven’t taken the time to create a disaster recovery plan with one of the solutions mentioned above may not remain afloat in the face of a disaster.
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