Disaster Strikes….Nearly
I travelled up to Wales on the weekend to take part in fly boarding and I live to tell the tale.….
Fly boarding is where they strap water jets to your feet and it feels like you are flying on top of the water – very strange experience!
You have 30 minutes on the water, it takes quite a while to get the hang of it and by the end I was getting on pretty well. You are attached to a jet ski which powers the jets so it’s quite close by. So there I am flying above the water and I notice I am getting closer and closer to the jet ski, within a second the jets stop and I go smack down in the water narrowly missing the jet ski – could have turned it to a disaster!
Luckily I was all ok, my 30 minutes was up anyway so I got back in the boat and headed off for dry land! I would recommend fly boarding but for the moment I think I will hang up my jets!
This got me thinking have you ever had a total disaster? Maybe it has happened at work? Working within IT I come across a lot of office disasters.
A Disaster recovery plan is process or set of procedures to recover and protect a business IT infrastructure in the event of a disaster. This could be a fire or a theft or even a power outage. The main thing for you is having a plan in place for if you ever encounter something like this.
What’s the plan then? If you had a fire in your business do you know how long it would take you to get back on your feet?
It is a frightening situation to be in but if you are organised then it doesn’t have to be a tragedy. Below I have given you a few ideas on what you need to think about if a disaster does happen:
- People – Make sure that when you have a great backup plan that your staff and the people within the business know about it!
- Physical facilities – Where else can you work? What other buildings are around that you can temporarily use until your back on your feet?
- Technology – You’ll need to consider access to IT equipment. The space you will need in an alternative building. Will you have enough electrical power? The distance of the alternate technology area from the primary site.
- Data – That’s a big one! Insuring timely backup of critical data to a secure storage area. Availability of technical support, having a reliable support provider.
- Suppliers – You’ll need to identify and contract with primary and alternate suppliers for all critical systems and processes, and even the sourcing of people.
That’s just a few snippets of procedures you will have to think about when getting together a faultless Disaster recovery plan.
Plan ahead and a disaster will nothing more than a hiccup. It is imperative to any business to have a Disaster recovery strategy.
We provide a first class Disaster recovery plan that is adaptable to your needs. If you would like to find out more about this then email sales@barttech.co.uk
Don’t wait until it’s too late!
