How much fear is behind the tens of thousands of daily searches for backup disaster recovery?
How do you know your backup recovery will work? What will you be able to restore, really? Globally, the search is on for the best backup and disaster recovery solutions for businesses. As it becomes easier to create and share data, the need for backup services increases. Fortunately, new cloud computing technologies allow for endless data sharing and syncing, and these interactions can be protected by replication services.
Is backup testing part of your business continuity plan? Let’s consider the effect of disaster drills throughout society. Why do schools still have fire drills? Why do day cares still practice tornado preparedness? Because natural disasters happen, we do well to stand prepared for the unfortunate extraordinary. In fact, disaster recovery is not a matter of “if,” but rather of “when” in the cybersphere. And, in the best case scenario, all the planning was for nothing. Because, of course, we would rather be prepared and not need data restoration than be caught unaware. Backup testing is a critical part of any disaster plan.
