DR Handbook

Request for Disaster Recovery and Business Continuance Handbook

Created by the Editors of Computer Technology Review, Storage Inc, Storage Management Solutions and Computer Technology News - the industry's most respected storage technology publications - this new Handbook guides CEOs, CFOs, CIOs, Network Administrators, IT Managers and business owners through all aspects of data protection, contingency planning, disaster recovery and business continuity technologies and strategies.

Filled with exclusive, highly authoritative and up-to-date information presented in a clear and easy-to-understand style, this Handbook will not only be a “must read” but a “must use” as well for anyone struggling to protect a company's most important asset - its data.

In our minute by minute world, the cost of downtime can be measured in millions of dollars. But the cost of disaster can be survival itself. Guard your business with this unique new weapon.

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1) Which of the following types of storage systems do you have installed at your organization? (Check all that apply)
NAS: Network Attached Storage is a file server accessed via network protocols like NFS and CIFS. SAN: Storage Attached Network involves more than 2 servers connected to a pool of storage through a connection (not necessarily a switch) where any server has access to any storage device DAS: Direct Attached Storage involves one server per storage unit

2) How much total storage (direct attached and shared) do you have installed at your organization? (Please use decimals as fractions of terabytes i.e. - 0.5)
Today: TB's In 12 months: TB's

2) What software does your organization use for backup and/or storage management?

3) Please identify the biggest challenges you will be facing with data storage and backup in the next 12 months (Check all that apply):
Adding more capacity to the network Developing a SAN Creating a Disaster Recovery Plan Business Continuance (Failover) Making better use of existing storage		Storage Management Remote data backup or mirroring Implementation of data backup system Implementation of IP-based storage Implementation of tape system

4) Are you planning to add to (or change) your existing storage or backup in the next 12 months?
Yes No If yes, when will you be implementing? within 6 months in 6 to 12 months

5) Are you aware of IP-based (ISCSI) storage solutions? Yes No

6) Do you currently have a backup strategy? Yes No
If yes, are you using Single tape drive Tape Library Disk-to-Disk
What tape technology are you using? (Check all that apply)
DLT /SDLT LTO AIT SLR 4mm/DAT 8mm/Exabyte Other

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