Planning for disaster recovery

With an idea of risks in hand and mitigation components in place, you are ready to plan your disaster recovery strategy. Despite its name, disaster recovery is not truly limited to the recovery phase but also includes the response phase in which you are actively reacting to a disaster in progress. Strategies should include multiple tiers as not all disasters will be handled the same way. For instance, you may suffer catastrophic data loss that doesn't require you to perform any physical hardware replacement; so your response will necessarily be different in that case.

Disaster recovery planning is another large, complex topic that encompasses much more than Hyper-V Server clusters. Every department in your organization should be involved in disaster recovery planning as it includes things such as personnel evacuation, customer notification, and filing the appropriate insurance claims for your damaged or lost buildings and equipment. As with security, consulting...