BDR (backup disaster recovery) is a crucial part of a functional business. Successful companies experience ups and downs, but those that truly make the cut have plans in place for problem situations. BDR is all about preparation for the worst, what to do during disaster and how to proceed from beginning to end. If your company doesn’t have a BDR, it’s time to get one. To help, here are 5 major elements of any successful BDR.
1 – Routine Backups
BDR doesn’t begin with the disaster, it’s preparation well before anything happens. A company should be making frequent backups of its data, whatever that includes. How and when is up to the organization, but these backups are there for a reason. They’ll be there in case one day everything else is not.
2 – Diagnosis
Understanding the problem is as important as stopping it, because this can stop similar future occurrences. A good business will have in depth diagnostic tools to understand what caused downtime, whether it was software, hardware, external factors, human error, etc. This also helps to understand what information was compromised and how best to recover it. Diagnostic tools are essentially candles in the dark.
3 – Prepared Workforce
Whatever plan is in place, having on site staff understand procedures is a huge part of making sure BDR is successful. Staff that are out of the loop might use services which could worsen the issue, or may take a step in the wrong order. However, prepped staff know what to do and will ultimately make disaster recovery that much easier.
4 – Offsite Locations
Having backups is essential to a functional recovery plan. It’s a good idea to invest in either a managed service provider, third party, or type of off-site data storage to guard those important backups. Even if a company routinely creates copies of information and data, it won’t do much good if they’re lost. Be sure there are external options available.
5 – Solution Readiness
For answers, businesses typically rely on their IT staff or other crucial members to get things moving. However, in the instance that employee (or employees) isn’t available, what can a company do? Making sure there’s another expert to get help from is a big part of a successful BDR and tech issues in general.
Hardware considerations, budgetary concerns, physical damage considerations, and go into a secure and smart BDR. It’s important to have the basics set in place so that recovery goes and quickly and smoothly as possible. If you’re looking for more information about a BDR plan and why it’s necessary for you, give Stratosphere Networks a call. Our IT staff has extensive experience helping businesses recover in a short amount of time.
