How Quickly Can Your System Recover if It Goes Down?

You have invested thousands of dollars in your IT infrastructure and you are backing up your data. But in the event of an instant disaster, how quickly can your system start working again? If even one hour of downtime means a serious financial loss for you, then this service is directly relevant to you.

The data loss suffered by many global companies in the Twin Towers attack of 2001 clearly demonstrated how critically important disaster management systems are in the IT sector, and enabled these technologies to advance very rapidly.

So, How Does a Disaster Management Strategy Work?

The core of the strategy is that all data systems are kept in two separate data management centers located in geographically different locations. This way, even if the systems at one location are damaged due to an earthquake, flood, fire or other adverse events, the other center can take over within minutes and continue operating without any data loss.

Many companies remember to create a backup of their data, but the most commonly neglected issue is that the backed-up data is kept in the same server room. Setting up a backup data center in a different geographical location may exceed the capacity of companies of any size, but failing to keep backed-up data in secure environments outside the company headquarters is nothing short of self-sabotage.

IT companies operate with a planning method called Business Continuity Planning (BCP) against possible disaster scenarios. The primary goal of this system is to bring the entire system back online as quickly as possible. Systems are prioritized by importance and operations are rapidly restored within the framework of the plan.