Disaster Recovery

Are you prepared for a disaster?

You back up with tapes, test restores regularly, have Iron Mountain remove and transport your tapes off-site every night and have a disaster recover site available.

You have it all covered - this CTO thought so, too.

A CTO in Houston expressed his frustration with tapes in the following story:

I received the hurricane warning like everyone else. We were prepared. We did disaster recovery drills quarterly, so I activated our plan.

First, I called my warm data center site to activate my DR plan. Then, I called Iron Mountain to have my tapes delivered to me.

The hurricane warning caused Iron Mountain® to close – strike one.

Thinking quickly, I forced a manual backup of all my data using my tape system. It felt like it took forever, but it was really only about 8 hours.

Incidentally, my family left town when the first warning was issued, so they were on their way to safety.

My backups finished, so with my newly made backup tapes in hand I called FedEx.

Why FedEx?

Because, I positively, absolutely needed my tapes delivered overnight to my “warm” data center located in Arizona.

The hurricane warning caused FedEx and all other common carriers to close – strike two.

Last resort, I grabbed the tapes, jumped in my car and headed out to meet my family in Dallas.  As it turns out, so did a million other Houstonians so I was stuck on the freeway with tapes in hand —strike 3.

The storm actually turned away from Houston, so I dodged a bullet.

I was spending money and thought I had all my bases covered.  It took the threat of a real natural disaster for me to find out how wrong I was.

It is hard to find fault with his plan.  It worked every time it was tested; however, when faced with a potential disaster struck he learned the hard way.

It's the unknown, the things you don't anticipate, that cause business disasters.

At Terian, we live and breathe disaster scenarios and you can benefit from our experience.  All our backup and recovery solutions are built on a common base, then custom fit to each client's unique situation.  So you can be sure you receive the solutions that is right for you.