When you see as many disaster recoveries (live and test) as Ongoing Operations does – it is hard not to notice trends in what “works” and what “doesn’t work”. Our review of the most successful recoveries during 2014 revealed some common strategies that created a better opportunity for success. Let’s break downa fewto see how they might fit into your credit union disaster recovery plan.
Data Vaulting/Replication
No disaster recovery plan is complete without a solid strategy to get your data offsite and quickly recoverable. Traditional tape backups can stretch your recoveries to multi-day events as your IT team is deployed to recover the tape, transport the tape to the DR location, load the tape … I think you get the picture. Replication on the other hand is simply the act of copying and then moving data between a company’s sites. It can be done synchronously, asynchronously, or near synchronous. It is typically measured in Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and isoften used for mission criticalapplications.Tape backups on the other hand capture snapshots of dataand do not ensurecontinuity of operations due to longer restoration times.
