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A Disaster Recovery Plan deals with recovering Information Technology (IT) assets after a disastrous interruption. Both imply a stoppage in critical operations and are reactive.
Recognizing that some services or products must be continuously delivered without interruption, there has been a shift from Business Resumption Planning to Business Continuity Planning.
A business continuity plan enables critical services or products to be continually delivered to clients. Instead of focusing on resuming a business after critical operations have ceased, or recovering after a disaster, a business continuity plan endeavors to ensure that critical operations continue to be available.
Ensure to remember a Disaster can include everything from a simple file deletion to a server failure to a flood/fire within the organization.
DR Plan Template (WORD)
Disaster Recovery Information Exchange (drie.org)
FEMA DR Information
Although most businesses would not consider DR as "Saving Lives", this article illustrates the importance of a good DR Plan.
In order to support small to medium sized businesses Office Wave Technology Solutions is looking to provide any software available that will help in the Buisiness Continuity planning and implementation process.
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Generally speaking a descent software rated in the 3-3.5 out of 5 starts. The main software - True Image is known to be easy to use with an improved interface (2015). Must use Acronis storage - unknown where the storage resides. No plain file backup as well.
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Probably one of the best backup systems out there. Includes backup of Office 365, Salesforce.com and Google Apps. Data integrity is always verified. Restoration of systems is still an issue due to the complexity of the restore procedures. Continuous recoveries are not possible - for testing purposes. If Recovery Time Objectives are a critical aspect of the business, it may not be the best solution, however it is one of the best for general backup as data is verified numerous times.
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This is an up and comer in the Disaster Recovery/Backup industry. It offers many of the features found in higher end systems - online storage, quick local recovery, external device and online virtual system. Cost may be a bit higher then the average software based system as well the number of resellers may be low due to complexities of the system.
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Software should improve in the coming years as it was purchased by EMC - a leader in storage. At this time this software has not been rated.
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One of the best solutions for Virtualized Environments. File recovery not as simple, however a great software to use for any VMWare and Hyper-V setup.
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One of the best software out there in terms of availability and usability. Easy to use and offers many features for the price. Virtual Disaster Recovery tool included within the software package is incredible. The local VDR tool will als help busineses keep Recovery Time Objectives down. Having to install agents is something that could be upgraded in the future. Looking forward to the Cloud backup systems.
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Barracuda Backup is a complete cloud-integrated solution for protecting physical and virtual environments that includes software, appliance, and offsite replication. Barracuda Backup is simple to deploy, easy to manage, and offers unlimited cloud storage. With an extensive range of supported environments and integration with Copy file sync and share services, organizations can replace multi-vendor piecemeal backup solutions with an all-in-one Barracuda Backup appliance. Barracuda Backup supports replication to another Barracuda appliance for private-cloud data protection or secure transfer to the Barracuda Cloud.
