RE: Pandemonium at Hot-sites

[Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx>]

Maybe he is related to the DR business, (I don't know), but I didn't think that 
his advice was a pitch.




Lurton.Keel@serx.com on 09/28/99 06:21:03 PM
Please respond to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com@Internet
To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com@Internet
cc:      
Fax to: 
Subject:        RE: Pandemonium at Hot-sites

Sales pitch.


                -----Original Message-----
                From:   Peter H. O'Connor [mailto:PHOC@compuserve.com]
                Sent:   Tuesday, September 28, 1999 3:53 PM
                To:     MIDRANGE-L@MIDRANGE.COM
                Subject:        Pandemonium at Hot-sites

                Hundreds of companies were forced to go to Hot-Sites by
Hurricane Floyd. 
                Now, they had to recover their systems.  Unfortunately, 85%
of these
                companies had a 2nd disaster at the Hot-site; their systems
were not
                rebuild correctly.  Most companies (75% of the 85%) did NOT
know that they
                had a problem until users notified them or things did not
work.  Disaster
                Recovery plans went up in smoke.  Pandemonium was every
where. Hours of
                wasted Time and Money!   Raid/Mirroring etc. did not help at
all.  It only
                proves that even if you have mirroring or raid you are not
100% safe!  
                Many companies have/had a false sense of security because of
mirroring and
                raid.  Ask some of the companies in SC, NC and NJ.  

                Disaster Recovery Planning is mandatory.  Companies that go
to a Hot-site
                for testing after doing an option 21 are only fooling
themselves.  That is
                NOT a way to test.    How many of these 100s AS/400s just
had an option21
                before going to a hot-site?  A true D/R test should be
unannounced.  A D/R
                plan should be tested as if a real disaster happened.  When
you are in a
                row boat is NOT the time to asking yourself if you have all
the material
                need for the hot-site!   Start planning.  Learn from others
mistakes.  Some
                day it might happen to your company.  Start thinking about a
plan, testing
                a plan now!

                Peter H. O'Connor
                PAE Inc.
                978-744-8612
                www.paeinc.com

+---
| This is the Midrange System Mailing List!
| To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com.
| To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com.
| To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com.
| Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com
+---