[PLUG] OT: Hotsites/coldsites

Stafford A. Rau srau at rauhaus.org
Thu Feb 27 16:16:02 UTC 2003


* Michael Luevane <mikel at quantecllc.com> [030227 14:28]:
> Our goal is to have procedures in place so that we can quickly recover from
> some event that negatively impacts our ability to do business. It might be
> downed phone lines. It might be that our Internet access has been
> temporarily cut off. Or it might be that our building was kidnapped by
> aliens over the weekend as a prank.
> 
> We need to be able to get business up and running in the shortest, most
> cost-effective timeframe.
> 
> As far as DR facilities in Portland being "too close", if anything happened
> to our building that also affected some hotsite in another part of the metro
> area, then we'd probably be dead, and it wouldn't matter.
> 
> So, I'm looking for something in the Portland area :P

And that's probably perfectly fine for your needs. I just wanted to point
that for anyone who is doing DR and may need to satisfy formal audit
requirements, it's a whole different story.

--Stafford




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