Disaster recovery concepts
A disaster can occur at any time and without warning, and many organizations can be greatly impacted when a disaster happens. The impact of a disaster can affect the ability of an organization to continue operating, whether short-term or long-term. Hence, companies implement various disaster recovery plans and strategies to help recover whenever a real disaster occurs.
In the next few sub-sections, you will discover common practices that organizations use to help them recover when disasters do occur.
Recovery sites
In the event of a critical disaster at an organization’s primary business location, it may be necessary for the company to move all of its staff to a backup location to ensure business continuity. These backup locations, also known as recovery sites, can be categorized into one of four groups, depending on how they are equipped, and the resources that are available at each site:
- Hot site: A hot site is a complete mirror...
