By the end of my first season, I had the theory and plan of action down pat. This reality versus theory conflict is even more frustrating when it comes to protecting departmental and enterprise-wide data. Fortunately, few firms will experience major disasters like hurricanes, bombings, floods or earthquakes that can cripple them for long periods. A Multitude of Minor Disasters They will, however, experience a multitude of minor disasters such as individual user lost files, individual volume losses or server hard disk crashes. At first glance, disruptions like these may seem to be relatively minor interruptions in productivity.
Most firms recognize the importance of backing up mission-critical data.
But backup is only half the battle. To be truly protected, users must have a system that also provides the tools to recover the data quickly, easily and accurately. With reduced staffs and limited budgets, it's more important than ever to have a program that automates much of the basic backup activity, helps manage media, assists in locating data and expedites the recovery from major and minor disasters. Not every skier's spills will be according to plan, but having a plan can prevent injuries. The same is true of network disasters.