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trekrider Feeling: Prehistoric
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That's part of what I do here at Wells Fargo. Putting together the disaster recovery plan for our department.
One thing you really need to find out, is how fast they want it recovered. Our general rule of thumb:
Less than 1 week = Hardware has to be on hand, installed at offsite location. Rent space at another building, buy hardware with same configuration as you have now.
1 - 4 Weeks = Rented space, ready to install equipment. Contract with vendor to receive equipment within 1 week.
More than 30 days = Order equipment, find rental space at time of disaster.
Even more so than the data recovery, you have to consider where your employees will sit, how you will continue working, etc. Lots to think about for those kind of plans.
There are many facilities around the nation that do this kind of thing. Buildings sit empty until you need the space for some reason.
I'm by far no expert at it, but can give you advice if you want. |
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Our IT guy implemented two new HP machines for our File Server and Net App server. They're pretty sweet, I must say. At any rate, he takes a tape backup with him home every night. We also have an off-site colo'd FTP server that stores our most important info.
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Depending on the OS and GigaBytage, you could have a pretty cheap backup on a colocated server. For example, you can get a server with 80GB of storage (running Linux) for less than $150/month. You could use something like that as a nightly backup for the most important info. _________________
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