Disaster Recovery Strategies
These are common disaster recovery strategies that can be implemented for a business. Depending on the level of coverage that you need for your data, and the specific risk factors for your business, one or multiple methods can be implemented.
Data Backup
This is the simplest type of disaster recovery and entails storing data off site, on a removable drive or in the cloud. However, just backing up data provides only minimal business continuity help, as the IT infrastructure itself is not backed up.
Physical Datacenter Disaster Recovery
The physical elements of a data center can protect data and contribute to faster disaster recovery in certain types of disasters. For instance, fire detection and suppression tools will help data and computer equipment survive a fire. A backup power source will provide continuity through power outages without operations grinding to a halt. It is important to note that no physical disaster recovery tools will help in the event of a cyber attack.
Virtualization
This is where certain operations and data or even a working replica of an organization’s entire computing environment are backed up/replicated on off-site virtual machines that are unaffected by physical disasters. As part of a disaster recovery plan, virtualization also allows businesses to automate some disaster recovery processes, allowing them to bring everything back online faster. Frequent transfer of data and workloads is essential, as is good communication within the IT team about how many virtual machines are operating within an organization.
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