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\"Rackware'sJune 1st marks the beginning of the Atlantic hurricane season, signaling the start of a period of potential critical damage. With the season quickly approaching, many organizations are anxiously preparing for the natural disaster. In a situation like this, it\u2019s helpful to have some guidelines that are specific to the current problem. Solutions Review had the opportunity to speak with Todd Matters, Chief Architect and Co-Founder of Rackware,<\/a> about the importance of Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) during this time. With ten years of experience at Rackware, Matters was able to give insight on how to best make DRaaS a priority during a disaster, as well as how to avoid three prominent DRaaS challenges.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Develop a Comprehensive DRaaS Plan<\/span><\/h2>\n

The first of the DRaaS challenges is actually having a well-documented plan that has been tested and proven to work. This sounds obvious, but given the number of companies caught without an effective plan in place, it’s harder than one might think. There are 3 aspects to this challenge: implementing a plan, ensuring it\u2019s well-documented, and, finally, having it tested. This final stage is vital because testing ensures that things work as they should. Documentation cannot be ignored either. This is because personnel that may not have been intimate with the plan or the testing processes are often responsible for executing failovers, which occur when standby equipment automatically takes over after main system failure.<\/span><\/p>\n

Create Two Separate DRaaS Teams<\/span><\/h2>\n

The second challenge involves having the discipline to maintain two trained teams in different geographies. Often in a failover event, the personnel at the origin site are not able to perform the operation. Because of this, RackWare\u2019s best practices include defining two trained teams in different geographies who are able to perform the failover operations. Enterprises tend to ignore items such as this one until the need for disaster recovery requires it, but failing to consider it will cause a major headache after a hurricane.<\/span><\/p>\n

Figure Out When the Right Time to Perform a Datacenter Failover Is<\/span><\/h2>\n

The third challenge is deciding when to pull the trigger on a datacenter failover event versus something less comprehensive, or to just wait. Events like earthquakes and hurricanes make the decision easy because the origin site is down, and it will likely be down for a long period of time. But, many events are not as straightforward. With an extended power outage, it might make sense to run on battery backup instead of executing a full failover. In the event of a flood, no one knows for sure just how high the watermark will peak. Defining policies upfront for all types of eventualities will help make failover decisions easier when the time comes to confront disaster.<\/span><\/p>\n

With this year\u2019s hurricane season at our door, it\u2019s best to be prepared. Even a natural disaster won’t cause much damage to your data if your business is ready and has the proper procedures in place. Be wary of these DRaaS challenges from Rackware when disaster recovery planning all year round, but particularly during hurricane season.<\/span><\/p>\n

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June 1st marks the beginning of the Atlantic hurricane season, signaling the start of a period of potential critical damage. With the season quickly approaching, many organizations are anxiously preparing for the natural disaster. In a situation like this, it\u2019s helpful to have some guidelines that are specific to the current problem. 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