SpartanTec, Inc. Wilmington: Data Recovery Services and Business Continuity

Planning for disaster data recovery is an important part of business continuity in today’s digital world. It is crucial to be able to manage both enterprise software and office productivity. It is important to develop recovery strategies for information technology, so that technology can be restored in a timely manner to meet business needs.

Complex steps may be required to ensure business continuity planning and disaster recovery. These complex steps require a deep understanding of the operations of different applications and data sets. There are many interdependencies between servers and databases that must be restored in the right order. Businesses should plan how they will recover critical data and put systems back online in the correct order. If the process is done correctly, even if administrators of the applications are not available, the organization can be sure that it has developed an efficient and intelligent approach to recovery.

Disaster recovery services used to require significant investments in infrastructure. Organisations had to balance the risks of not being prepared for disaster with the costs and recovery options they could afford. Many business executives view traditional disaster recovery as an expensive investment that can only be afforded by large budgets.

Many executives believe that natural disasters are rare. The Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters published a study showing that natural disasters have increased 233% in the past decade. A wide range of events, such as data corruption, human error, facility or datacenter loss, can pose a risk to business continuity, even though the rate of natural disasters is increasing.

Many corporations don’t consider disasters until they happen, even if they have a disaster recovery plan. Forrester’s 2011 survey found that only 1% of companies surveyed had tested their backups daily. According to the report, only 12, 19, and 27% of companies reviewed their recovery systems on a weekly basis, monthly, or quarterly basis, respectively. Nearly one fifth of organizations admitted that they don’t test their disaster plans. Survey respondents who said data loss was a concern stated that more than one third of them didn’t know what the impact of one hour of downtime on their business would have. The cost of downtime is estimated at several thousand dollars per hour by more than 30 percent. A data recovery service provider is the best way to ensure that your business is back up quickly after a data loss.

IT managers often rely on storage device or computer manufacturers to retrieve data from their devices. Manufacturers’ tech support focuses on hardware speed and assumes that a company has a backup of important data. Although the vendor may be familiar with their hardware, they don’t know much about data corruption or data recovery techniques. Complex RAID array recovery processes, such as those for complex RAID arrays, may require additional expertise beyond the storage array.

Backup infrastructure and planning are not fail-proof, and can be affected in the same way as current storage systems. Many backups are not performed “on-the-fly”, which means that some of the most important data might not have been backed up in time for the loss. This information could be crucial for the business, as well as compliance and regulatory.

As more companies move to virtual backup systems, it’s more important than ever to regularly check the integrity business data. Virtualization contracts often do not cover data loss, corruption, or deletion. IT support managers must be proactive in preparing for disasters by including data recovery services.

Data loss can be costly and cause irreparable damage to any company. Although there are many ways to recover and analyze data, it is best to plan ahead to minimize the risk.