How to Recover From an IT Disaster

Posted by julesalanna on October 30th, 2017

All companies have (or need) the technology to efficiently expedite the entire data process. All workers must have email and VOIP systems to use their EDIs to communicate with others and to send important information around. A computer’s server that can handle large pieces of information must be up and running at all times to progress with what is being sent around. When things stop working, whether by system failure, power disruption, or via natural disaster, a business disaster recovery plan should be in place.

Having disaster recovery business continuity is extremely important to prevent loss of money – and clients. This comes through their IT systems, as they need time to reboot there in its servers, computers, laptops, and wireless connections. It is a top priority during the recovery process, and should therefore be planned out thoroughly beforehand. All IT pieces need to be fitted with backup plans and timed how long it will take to be fixed in the case of a man-made or force majeure event, and how quickly can they get into their cloud system.

Sometimes, one single part of the entire IT system may cause the entire system to fail. Having a recovery plan in place is important because disaster can happen without warning. This is called business impact analysis, and its recovery scenario must be there instantly in order to bring back any downed hardware, software, and applications that handle all of the incoming data in order to bring the business back up and running. They must be able to manage large of volumes of data so it won’t be lost. Loss of data from any situation is critical and back breaking to a business, especially a small one; hence, the importance of a backup plan.

Since major companies can’t be down when they are supposed to be working, they go to secondary data centers to handle incoming information, even though it is a pricey thing to have. For small companies, they can rely on a second office with secondary software and hardware that can be temporarily converted as the main center. These backup offices are part of the disaster recovery plan because they are constructed with the same purpose as the main office is.They can be installed to hold all the info needed during the failure so they are not lost nor hacked by possible saboteurs.

Anything bad can happen at any time. One day, work is peachy, next thing that happens is a sudden power failure or fire that breaks out. Or, a storm is approaching, and with only a few hours to prepare, it is important to shut things down safely while transferring the data to portable pieces. All info needs to be secured and copied consistently to make it is lost. The cloud is the most reliable piece of backup to send to a secondary site for another party to handle or to handle personally while away from the main site.