This may seem a silly question with a rather obvious answer but, with diplomacy not being one of my my stronger characteristics I would appreciate some help...
Dear Kevin In my point of view u should keep the backups at the DR site since any thing happend in the Data center will affect the current storage site since...
In the States, one Fortune 50 company I worked for was given the approval to maintain the local backup copies in a library that was in a different maximum fire...
Kevin, You haven't said what industry you are in but one thing you can look at to back up your argument are any regulations that your industry have to follow...
In addition to scenarios listed and regulations affecting you, you can use your own threat/risk/vulnerability assessment. Perhaps you have 20 highly probable...
Kevin, I agree that regulations may be helpful if they apply in your industry. Otherwise, I would try these tactics: Operational backup vs. disaster recovery...
All the replies were great. Question: How much does the backup media cost? Would it be possible to replicate the media - keep one at hand and ship one out of...
There are many possible incidents that could take out your datacentre and your backup tape storage: Â Flood Tornado or hurricane Toxic spill in the area...
You may consider running a test to make sure you are meeting your business goals. The result of the test would provide your documentation. ... with ... store ...
Most of the usual points appear to be covered, however, one question I would raise is whether you actually have a separate DR site? If you don't, then you are...
One thing to remember: you can put a water-smog-fire-bomb proof vault to protect better your media. Even in case of a local disaster, you could recover the...
Could you - recover the back ups? Only if you could get to them. One of the problems with same-site backups is if something - say an earthquake or other...
but yar it sure is also a preventive control...all planning is done beforehand..isn't it? and that too to make sure to achieve the underlying desired...
I have a software licencing query and would welcome some views. It is common practice to have a contract with a service supplier (such as Sungard or IBM) for...
Let's not get bogged down in the detail here. The basic concern is "denial of access". The management team should be asked three questions : a) whether they...
Mick, Not all Microsoft license agreements are created equally. The agreements differ greatly depending on when license contracts were signed and the terms ...
Many times the license issue becomes the easiest part of the equation. At a recent test with a major US vendor we had firmware differences between the customer...
... as ... (ie ... recovery ... would be ... its ... is the ... PCs. ... can ... Mick I believe that you are right here. If you have an enterprise license you...
Mick, I think the BC Facility Vendors generally get OEM versions of the Windows OS when they buy the PCs, and therefore technically the PCs are Windows...
Mick, Follow the advice you've already received. Get written confirmations and perhaps DR procedures from the vendor so it is clear how their product will work...
John, You're partially right. My point of view is that in comparison with having nothing to protect the backups, it's better to have a vault. At least, the...
Hi, Does anyone have an insight into the 3rd party services offered in the Philippines. This is for typical office recovery (PC, phone, desk, connectivity...
I have a team going offsite to our recovery provider to attempt to test the recovery of a few servers and VM(s). I am looking for a test plan to use a...
Hi J I have a template we have used many times very successfully. In our instance, we have many testers, and if you are prepared to recreate the document as a...
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The company I work for was looking at using Perimeter Technology for relocating our servers, but a friend of mine in the auditing business says they have...
First, to answer your question - I'm not familiar with Perimeter Technology. I actually visited a commercial hotsite that did not have a redundant power...
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