IT Disaster Recovery
The need for IT disaster recovery in St. Louis can strike anywhere at anytime with the St. Louis weather being the most likely culprit. All IT Disaster Recovery plans are not created equal and if you are like most, you know you need to do something but it is never at the top of your to-do list.
Fortunately, Acropolis Technology Group can help (www.acropolistech.com).
Here are some things you need to consider when evaluating your disaster preparedness:
Executive Buy In for IT Disaster Recovery – A true Disaster Recovery plan can touch every facet of your business. Obviously, IT is a big part of this plan but IT should not be the quarterback for the plan. Your executive team should manage and quarterback the process. You need to consider many things including:
- Who is responsible for declaring a disaster and initiating the IT Disaster Recovery process
- What criteria is used to determine a real IT Disaster
- Threats vary from business to business and you don’t need to prepare for all threats the same way. A useful tool is the threat matrix that defines the impact of all threats AND the likely hood of those threats impacting your business. The matrix will be different from one business to the next.
- Where is the offsite location for the IT Disaster Plan to be kept in the event you don’t have access to your office
- How are you going to communicate with your staff in the case of a business or IT disaster
- How are you going to communicate with your customers in case of a business or IT disaster
- How old can your data be before it loses its usefulness, also known as the Recovery Point Objective (RPO). The more real time the RPO the more expensive the solution
- How long can your business be down before you start to lose clients? This is known as the Recovery Time Objective (RTO). Again, like the RPO, the smaller this window, the more real time you must recover and the more expensive the solution.
- Are your paper files safe? Do they need to be?
- Can your employees work from a different location?
- What systems are the most critical and must be brought back online first.
This is just a small list when considering IT disaster recovery support.
Although the responsibility of developing a plan resides with your executive team, it is important to have IT representation on this team. For some businesses, a simple tape backup program may suffice, for others an extensive managed offsite backup may be required. One of the most critical things to consider is your data and the need to access key data quickly. Fortunately there are many options that are affordable including:
- Tape to Offisite Data Backup Strategies
- Managed Disk to Disk Data Backup Strategies
- Managed Disk to Disk to Offsite Data Backup Strategies
- Managed Disk to Offsite Data Backup Strategies
- Managed Server imaging that would enable bare metal restore to pre-event condition
There are several ways to find out more about how Acropolis Technology Group can assist you with IT Disaster Recovery Services:
- To see a short Video, Click Here
- To read a complete description of our Heliosvision Networking Managed Service offering click here
- To contact Acropolis call 800-742-6316
- OR to submit an email inquiry click here http://www.acropolistech.com/get_started.
