When disaster recovery is discussed, the emphasis is almost always on what needs to be done to recover data, and to get servers back online. While these are often critical to a company’s smooth operation, this relentless focus can often leave other aspects of disaster recovery plans underprepared or underserved, according to an article in TechNewsWorld. Companies should instead ask themselves as to what else needs to be considered for robust disaster recovery, and come up with answers to questions like:
- If the main office is rendered inaccessible, do employees have the tools they need to continue performing their jobs, whether from at home or an alternate site?
- Do you have a failback plan in place, and are you prepared if you’re forced to operate off of your backups for a significant amount of time?
- Does your disaster recovery site have the ability to produce its own backups to protect against a second disaster or user error?
- If you’re using a third-party for disaster recovery, do they have the capacity to handle multiple failures at the same time, in the event an entire region is hit, or are you likely to find yourself waiting behind other customers?
By expanding your considerations further than getting the servers back online, a much more comprehensive disaster recovery solution can be prepared.
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