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Having worked at 2 of these "too big to fail" banks, disaster recovery testing is par for the course now. We would do DR testing every quarter on both the prima
by trequartista 10y ago
Having worked at 2 of these "too big to fail" banks, disaster recovery testing is par for the course now. We would do DR testing every quarter on both the primary and secondary data centers. Common simulation scenarios were - network/disk failures in which case the secondary data center would take over the operations. We would also time how long it took for applications to come back up, with high priority apps (trading, payment etc) being given extreme importance.
- kemiller2002 10y agoWe did this too. We tested our DR plan at least once every year (this included busing people to a different location, timed responses etc.), and we were considered a non essential part of the bank. We also had to make sure that all our servers had dual power supplies, and were attached to diesel generators in case of a power outage. They were much more on top of it than any other place I worked.