Every business needs a data disaster plan. Just as businesses need a plan for success, they also need to plan for data disaster. Data disaster canresult from hardware failure such as failed hard drives, natural disaters, as well as from accidental or intentional deletion of data. Additionally, there is the threat of data corruption from viruses.

The backbone of a data disaster plan is a valid network map. There is nothing more frustrating than to have the system down while technicians try to decipher what server holds what data and where the data may be backed up. This needs to be well documented before an actual data emergency.

The next element of disaster planning is looking at whether data can be distributed between multiple servers. Is the database server also the file server and also the intranet server and also the email server? If so, a failure of this server will bring business to a halt before it van be restored. Prudent planning, distributes these systems as a failsafe measure.

Ultimately, the backup system also needs to be considered. Is your data being backed up daily? If so how long does it take to backup and ultimately to restore? Is the backup server a standalone server so that if the file server went down the data could be restored elsewhere if need be while the file server is down for repair? Also, how long would it physically take to restore the data? Is that ampount of time acceptable in the event of an emergency?

There are many considerations to disaster planning. Let us help you devide a competent data disaster plan. Call us at 813-748-3055 to get started.