RE: Pandemonium at Hot-sites

I don't think it is a pitch either . More an East Coast - FLOYD experience. The part about having a plan and testing it now Vs under reactive pressures is excellent thought for all. It should go beyond MIS & DR to include the entire business continuity plan

Dean Assmussen has been very silent from North Carolina.
Bet he is till out there helping others recover from the damages.

Rob Berendt wrote:
>Maybe he is related to the DR business, (I don't know), but I didn't think that his advice was a pitch.
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>Lurton.Keel@serx.com on 09/28/99 06:21:03 PM
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>Sales pitch.
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> -----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
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> 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
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Regards,



Glenn
Ph. (718)898-9805
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