Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
DisasterRecovery
BackupandRestoreServices
policies
schedules
BackupMechanisms
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dump,tar,amanda
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DisasterRecovery
Adisasterrecoveryplan
considerswhatdisasterscouldhit
implementswaystomitigatepotentialdisasters
makespreparationstoenablequickrestorationof
services
identifieskeyservicesandhowquicklytheyneed
toberestored
Needtounderstandtherequirements
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Whatisadisaster?
Acatastrophiceventthatcausesamassive
outage(affectinganentirebuildingorsite)
Naturaldisasters
Earthquake,hurricane,tornado,plague,lightning
strike,fire,orflood
Manmadedisasters
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Bomb,massivelossofpower,idiotswithbackhoes,
securitybreaches
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Riskanalysis
Firststepindisasterrecoveryplanning(usu.outsourced)
Determinesbudgetformitigationofdisaster
(ExpCost(Disast)ExpCost(MitigatedDisast))*Prob(Disast)
Examples
Floodingchanceis1inmillion,floodcostwouldbe$10M,notworth
spending>$10
Severeearthquakechance1/3000,$60Mloss,thenbudgetof$20K
Simplercase:singlepointoffailureinmajorrouter
70%chanceoffailureevery24months
Onedaytorepair,withestimatedlossofproductivity$68K
Redundancybudgetcouldbe$24K
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Legalobligations
Inadditiontocoststocompany,theremaybe
legalobligationstovendors,customers,and
shareholders
Contractsmayallowfordelaysofndays,
whichdefinestheamountoftimeavailable
Mayrequirethatindividualpartsof
infrastructurebeoperationalbeforetherest
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Needtocarefullytrackdependencies!
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Damagelimitation
I.e.,reducingthecostofthedisaster(stillsubjectto
costbenefitanalysis)
Relativelyinexpensive,butspecifictoexpecteddisaster
Putequipmentabovegroundinfloodplains
Mountequipmentinearthquakeareas
Useoflightningrods
Othermechanisms
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Fireprotectionsystemsthatlimitdamagetocomputer
systems(inertgases,delayedwatersystems)
MoisturedetectionforraisedfloorsorUPSrooms
UPSforshortpoweroutages
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Preparation
Inadditiontodamagelimitation,youstillneed
tobepreparedforlikelydisasterscenarios
mustbeabletorestoreessentialservicestoworkingorder
inatimelymanner
Needto
beabletorebuilddataandservicesonnewequipmentif
oldequipmentisnotoperational
arrangeforreplacementhardwareinadvance
arrangeforafacilitytoputthereplacementhardware
Spring2004
arrangeforpower,telephone,networkconnectivityatbackupsite
planfortimetogetbackuptapesfromoffsitestorage
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