Disaster Recovery
Disaster Recovery Planning is one of the most important IT functions that most small businesses ignore. We have the experience to get you on the right track.
Disaster recovery planning involves designing systems and/or procedures to create secure copies of your critical data. The first obvious step then, is to identify what your critical data is and where it is stored. Most business owners are surprised to see how much critical data is stored on user's local hard drives. Once the critical data is centralized, it can be backed up to an external drive or storage device. That drive or device should be taken off-site on a weekly basis, at least, in the event of a catastrophe that requires a complete reinstallation of your hardware.
There are dozens of options for securing your data locally including mirrored hard drive sets, other RAID configurations, external hard drives, tape solutions, and even CDP (continuous data protection) devices that are network appliances that store versions of your data that can be restored quickly and easily. Your disaster recover strategy shouldn't end there. The next level of defense is to use an off-site data storage service in order to recover from scenarios such as theft, fire, flood, or other catastrophic situations. However, some of the most popular off-site backup services are the most unreliable. We can help you choose one that is right for you.
There are even more options to consider depending on the type of data you have and your tolerance for down-time. RCS has the knowledge and experience to help you design and implement the right strategy for your business.
