Re: Disaster Recovery Plan

[SMiller () unimin com]

You might want to consider that Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity goes
far beyond simple provisioning of back-up and restore services (although
many outfits seem challenged just to do that).  I'd recommend that you
check into whether there is an existing organization BC plan to which you
could hitch your wagon.  If not, this kind of program can be a very tough
sell to management, but the potential rewards are high.  I suggest that you
do some poking around the Disaster Recovery Institute International website
for ideas and documents:
http://www.drii.org

-Scott


                                                                           
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Although this might be slightly off topic, I was wondering if anyone
could give me some suggestions for some disaster recovery plans. Right
now we are a small place (less than 50 employees total), and I am not
comfortable with the current Disaster Recovery plan (it was created
before I came on board). It basically involves performing a master
backup on tape once a month and then doing a differential backup every
week night. We have 2 sets of differential tapes that we keep off site
and alternate every week, but the masters are not kept off site.

I am working with a very limited budget. Can anyone recommend a good
solution that will ease my worries? Thanks.

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