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I have never worked with a client who did not test their DR solution. If they were not under regulation to test, they had customers who demanded they test. Alth
by freehunter 6y ago
I have never worked with a client who did not test their DR solution. If they were not under regulation to test, they had customers who demanded they test. Although yes it’s mostly quarterly.
You’re right it’s not fun. It’s not easy. It’s all hands on deck at most companies. But disaster recovery isn’t something you can build after the fact so even a neglected DR solution is better than none. If a tornado or earthquake rips through your main DC, you’re not getting those machines or that data back. How much good that does depends on how much you like staying in business.
- closeparen 6y agoSo is the goal just to have something to work with in order to get back online? I guess that is more achievable than trying to maintain continuous service, which is what ours are about (failover isn't just for black swan events, but for ordinary outages too).
- freehunter 6y agoWe tend to differentiate between disaster recovery (where downtime is acceptable) versus high availability (where downtime is not acceptable). High availability is much harder and more expensive. DR typically means your business is down and all hands bring it back at another location at bare minimum capacity just to keep money flowing.