Top 10 IT Disaster Considerations
Today’s businesses are growing and they share two common criteria’s,
Information Technology Systems,Broader National/International presence
Being in business, you need to be online 24×7x226 a higher business continuity requirement, why other offices overseas or in another state need to be affected in case you are down; today an IT disaster recovery Plan is a must.
The IT Disaster Recovery plan, have everything, from the who, the where the what, to keeping a copy of the Disaster Recovery updated and off site. But some of the below points sometimes are either
forgotten or bypassed.
Here is the list, of what to have/needs to be done, before a disaster hit.
1. Always have spare disks in recovery site for your servers and for your SAN. Because during a
disaster, a lot of power failures, and lower voltage may play a roles is killing the disks, and even
if your supplier SLA is less then X hours, he might not be able to access his ware house.
2. Power regulator, during a disaster, electricity voltage plays a lot, and it can lead to burning the
power supplies of all your machines.
3. A cluster of COOLING SYSTEMS is a must in case one set failed, the other set will pick up, be
careful of the circuit breakers , have an effective monitoring system, to alert the evolved parties with an “S” because it proved the S in plural will work.
4. A clustered UPS in case the primary fails the second will pick up, add in some extra batteries for
long autonomy in case of battery failures or Fails in A disaster
5. Telecom interference should be thought of.
6. Redundant Internet supplier, and also think of Satellite communications
7. Fuel for power generators, should be stored safely , but a bit far away from the recovery centre,
in case something happened to them and they started burning that they don’t affect you
recovery center, and also take a closer look on the design of the fuel tanks and asks yourself
what happens if the tank burns will it affect the other tanks, think of a Separated clustered fuel
tanks supply
8. Be careful of having your recovery centre in a busy neighborhood/building, very close by petrol
stations or HAZ/MAT and other high risk factors, for example you are located in the 16th floor
and a fire hit in the 14th floor, “ where would all the smoke go, will I be affected, do they have
efficient fire fighting procedure etc….
9. Check your supplier/vendor if he has a BC plans and if he will support you in case a major
disaster/such as a hurricane or War etc and do they have an out of state presence near the
affected area.
10. Employees: because IT can’t run by itself one of your major risks are: the human element, train
and rotate people in your IT environment, just in case the bad happens.
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