Choosing The Right Disaster Recovery Solution
IT in the hot seat
Are We Back Up And Running Yet?
It’s an all too familiar occurrence for businesses today: something goes wrong – from the simple accidental deletion, to the loss of an entire building’s worth of data – and IT is supposed to make it all better. Right now. (Is it done yet?)
This is not always the easiest task to accomplish. Why? It may be worth considering that you are using the wrong backup and recovery solution or you are simply using the one you have incorrectly.
Define The Disasters
It’s impossible to plan your recovery if you don’t know what disaster is you’re protecting against in the first place. Take a look at this list of potential disasters and identify which ones are important to you (or your customers if you’re an MSP).
- Loss of data—A deleted folder, a case of ransomware that encrypts every file on your server, or a database that becomes corrupt.
- Loss of an application—Changes to security or system configurations, or even updates that negatively impact services.
- Loss of a system—A hardware failure, or for those of you with virtualized servers, a crashed OS.
- Loss of connectivity—When applications hosted inside your walls are used externally.
- Loss of business location—Electrical outage, fire, flooding, or even a chemical spill outside the building.
- Loss of operations—Any of the previous disasters can represent a complete stoppage of business operations.
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