Disaster Recovery

Disasters could mean anything, especially in the context of information technology and communication. It does not necessarily mean a natural disaster like flood or earthquake. Optimum Data Recovery Inc., specializes in Data recovery from disasters of all types and sizes as:

Hardware Failure
Human Error
Power Related Problems
Flood / Water Damage
Software Failure
Virus Damage
Fire / Heat / Smoke Damage
Vandalism and Sabotage

Such a disaster can strike anywhere, anytime, but the important thing to notice is “Are we prepared for a quick recovery in the eventuality of a disaster?” Though most business managers, are particularly careful when it comes to thinking ahead of their times and devising future strategies to take the company ahead, a common mistake is ignoring the possibility of a disaster crippling the firm. Critical data loss could well be the fatal remedy for a company that is otherwise doing well.

Data recovery is the savior for all machine disasters that could occur to you ranging from Operating systems failure to file or data fall-outs and hard disk crashes to tape drive deletions.

Disaster Recovery Plan

A backup site is vital, but it is still useless without a disaster recovery plan. A disaster recovery plan is designed to dictate every possible facet of the disaster recovery process, including (but not limited to):

Events that can trigger possible disasters
People in the organization having authority to declare a disaster and to put the plan into effect
Sequence of events necessary to prepare the backup once a disaster has been declared
Roles & responsibilities of all key personnel with respect to carrying out the plan for Disaster and data recovery
Scheduled listing of disaster team members to avoid burning out of resources
Sequence of events necessary to move operations from the backup site to the restored/new data center

Tip: With availability of disaster recovery plans at workplace, copies should also be stored off-site. This way, a disaster that destroys your workplace will not take every copy of the disaster recovery plan with it.

Risk Analysis for Disaster Recovery Plan

First step for sensible business stability is to consider the probable impacts of each type of disaster or event. This is highly critical, as disaster plan base on this factor. Wide idea of the likely impacts on your business/organization of the different scenarios is necessary and should be worked upon, well in advance.

Having determined the impacts, it is now equally important to consider the magnitude of the risks which could result in these impacts. Again, this is a critical activity - it will determine which scenarios are most likely to occur and which should attract most attention during the planning process.

Natural Data Disasters

Data recovery can be very tricky as well as critical after a flood, lightening, fire or other natural disasters. Though, many techniques employed at data disaster times are quite similar to the data recovery techniques from failed hard drives and tapes in less severe conditions.

Value of the data can be immense. In many cases, companies and other entities who experience a disaster are faced with a double or more failure. Even those companies who back up their data on a regular basis are at risk unless they store the backup data in a remote location. Rebuilding customer files, financial records, inventory records, can be impossible. Many companies and other entities face going out of business when experiencing a flood, fire or explosion.

Let us use our experience in recovering data for various companies and individuals to help you in recovering of your data at times of disaster.

For detailed information and consultation you can Contact Us at ODRI.