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MMUG Cleveland OH
John Graham – STRATEGIC Information Group
Steve Lamb - QAD
Disaster Recovery PlanningMMUG Spring 2013
March 19, 2013 Cleveland, OH
03/19/2013
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Statistics
Definitions
Example high level tasks
Questions
Shocking Statistics
• 43% of companies experiencing disasters never re-open.
• 29% close within two years.
Source - McGladrey and Pullen
More Statistics
93% of businesses that lost their data center for 10 days went bankrupt within one year.
Source - National Archives & Records Administration
Shocking Statistics
40% of all companies that experience a major disaster will go out of business if they cannot gain access to their data within 24 hours.
Source - Gartner
Definitions
• Business Continuity• Disaster Recovery• Business Recovery• High Availability• Redundancy• ColdSite• WarmSite• HotSite
• Mission Critical• RPO• RTO
Business Continuity
• (BC): Planning to ensure the continuity of business critical functions in the event of a major unplanned service failure or disaster
• Includes key aspects such as personnel, facilities, crisis communication, project management and change control. A BC strategy includes a Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) for IT related infrastructure recovery.
• An all encompassing term covering both disaster recovery planning and business resumption planning
Disaster Recovery
• (DR): Part of a larger Business Continuity plan that includes processes and solutions to restore business critical applications, data, hardware, communications (such as networking) and other IT infrastructure.
• Can also include measures to protect against other unplanned events such as the failure of an individual server or shorter service interruptions
Business Recovery
• The common critical path that all companies follow during a recovery effort. There are major nodes along the path which are followed regardless of the organization. The process includes: – Immediate response, – Environmental restoration or relocation– Functional restoration – Data recovery and synchronization – Restore business functions – Return to normal
High Availability
• (HA): A system or component that is continuously operational for a desirably long length of time.
• Usually includes redundant local systems
Redundancy
Systematically using multiple sources, devices or connections to eliminate single points of failure that could completely stop the flow of information.
Mission Critical Systems
Systems or applications that are essential to the functioning of your business and its processes.
Recovery Point Objective
(RPO): The age of files that must be recovered for normal operations to resume if a system goes down as a result of a failure.
Recovery Time Objective
(RTO): The maximum tolerable length of time that a computer, system, network or application can be down after a failure or disaster occurs.
Coldsite
• An alternate facility that is void of any resources or equipment except air-conditioning, raised flooring and power.
• Equipment and resources must be installed in such a facility to duplicate the critical business functions of an organization.
Warmsite
• An alternate processing site which is only partially equipped
• As compared to Hot Site which is fully equipped
Hotsite
• A DR facility fully equipped with the equipment, network connections and environmental conditions necessary for restoring your data and getting your systems up and running instantly.
• unlike coldsites and warmsites, which are not ready to go in an instant
Availability vs. DR
• There's a huge difference between disaster prevention (Availability) and disaster recovery.
• Both are necessary. But the former only mitigates the risk of downtime. The latter ensures quick recovery in the event of downtime.
High Availability
DATA CENTER LEVEL• Utility Power and UPS• Generator• Core Networking• Security• HVAC• Fire Prevention• Monitoring
• CONFIGURATION LEVEL• Power• Network Devices• Security Devices• Server Clustering• Storage• Encryption & Policies
DISASTER RECOVERY
• Backup & Retention• Data Replication• Application Recovery• Server Recovery• DR Assessment• DR Plan Testing
High Level Tasks
• Perform Needs Analysis/Discovery• Identify Requirements Based on Analysis• Identify Recovery Time Objectives• Identify Recovery Point Objectives• Perform Initial Design• Review Initial Design• Implement Design• Test Plan
Identify Requirements Based on Analysis
• Facilities• Hardware• System / Applications
Identify Recovery Time Objectives
• Per System / Application
Identify Recovery Point Objectives
• Per System / Application
Example RTO/RPO Analysis
Mission Critical Systems
Application Preferred RTO Preferred RPO Compromised RTO
Compromised RPO
QAD 4 0 8 Last Backup
Gentran 4 0 8 Last Backup
Active Directory
4 0 8 Last Backup
Exchange 4 0 8 Last Backup
Initial Design
• Identify disaster recovery project members• Perform Risk Analysis• Define high-level recovery strategy• Define costs associated with strategy
Review Initial Design
• Justify costs to risk analysis
Detailed Design
• Architect systems & recovery.• Create detailed project plan.
Implement Design
• Procure facilities, equipment, and software.• Build recovery site.
Test Plan
• Test Plan
Summary
• Potential ramifications of a disaster without a plan
• Definitions of a few important terms
• Key tasks to develop and implement a plan
Questions