We are UK based in a rural location and are looking to establish a 2nd computer centre away from our primary computing facilities, not only to improve on our...
5km should be ok if you are rural but you should check to see if the basic services (power, telecoms, access) use the same nodes. Look at the geography as...
Chris Goodeve-Ballard
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Mar 3, 2005 9:44 am
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Hi Jon, You do not give enough information for an informed reply. For example, how "rural" is you location - are you, in fact, isolated in the depths of the...
John Mayor
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Mar 3, 2005 9:44 am
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Some U.S. government agencies (SEC in particular) have advocated for near immediate recovery with no data loss and 200 miles separation between sites for...
The link needs to be cut and pasted into a single line. The report is there. Currently there is an ability to carry data between systems on a dual write...
What have people found to be good layouts for Emergency Command Centre ? We have been conducting a number of Business Continuity exercises internally and...
Is anyone aware of a taxonomy relative to incidents/disasters and BCM? Thanks Roy Friell ... This e-mail may be privileged and/or confidential, and the sender...
I have been using a large room capable of seating about 100. I have a horseshoe type table for the primary team and then smaller tables set up for the support...
Wow ,another word? The cognitive paradigm or domain of progressive contexualisation may be considered sequential to serial conceptualisation. Try the BCI Jeff...
Jeff Charlton
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Mar 3, 2005 7:36 pm
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I think you are right on in your thinking concerning the relatively short distance to the backup facility. I don't know the type of disasters you have there...
HP OpenVMS/Tru64 Unix clusters operate as a single logical entity over dedicated fibre at up to 500KM node separation. Given the popularity of these systems...
FYI...I just finished taking the week-long DRII training and ABCP certification exam. Unfortunately, the training materials did not even vaguely prepare us for...
A nice write up [covering the highlights] and a 40 page language specific .pdf with details. http://swissre.com/ "Natural catastrophes and man-made disasters...
Howard: ... Thanks. I missed the second line the first time around. ... I was using a snow storm merely as an example, as there are many potential threats that...
In a message dated 2/28/2005 1:57:46 AM Central Standard Time, ... You will have to make some phone calls, then sit down and start negotiating a contract. ...
The DRII test is written by DRII. Any exam materials they have map to their processes. Any DRII course maps toothier process. Best to shake off your local ...
In a message dated 2/28/2005 1:58:50 AM Central Standard Time, ... Workers' compensation costs for any injured/killed employees, increases in insurance...
I would qualify my answer in the light of some of the other responses to this question. A rural UK location will not suffer some of the natural disasters...
Chris Goodeve-Ballard
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Mar 4, 2005 12:47 pm
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I used the snow storm because I was in the Blizzard of 78 in Mass. Been thru many hurricanes. Felt the earth quakes. Been to Oklahoma City to view the...
Jon The advantage of having your sites relatively close together is (1) people should be able to get from one to the other and (b) you will be able to achieve...
In a message dated 3/3/2005 3:49:31 AM Central Standard Time, ... A derailed train with broken tank cars spreading, say, chlorine or some other toxic gas, can...
... I couldn't agree more. The only other thing I would add is that each organization is going to take a unique approach in determining where and how far away...
There is no standard lay out for an emegency command center. My suggestion is to have a reasonably large room with a conference table with atleast 14 seats...
In a recent exercises we found that using one room created a degree of chaos, we are now planning to use 3 rooms: one for the Incident Response Team, one for...
Don't forget a fortress approach to building a second data center. The fortress building approach could very well eliminate distance as a serious issue in many...
I fear I may have been taken to literally with my comments on distance. I intended my focus to be on the risk assessment, not a one size fits all number. My...
There is more than just the initial physical damage you need to consider. What is your dependency on local power supply and telecommunications providers?...
Following up Howard Pierpont's view, which briefly was "I you have people living anywhere near a site, when they have taken care of their own needs, they want ...
ADRIAN JENKYN
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Mar 4, 2005 9:43 pm
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With regard to Command Centres the layout is very dependent upon the declared purpose of the facility. If it is a Crisis Management Team (Strategic) meeting...
