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Disaster Recovery Planning: Making the case for “Always Be Testing” (ABT)

Quorum TESTING DISASTER RECOVERY PLANNING: ALWAYS SMALL TO MID-SIZED BUSINESSES - II. WHY YOU MUST COMMIT TO ALWAYS BE TESTING АВТ ONLY 28% WORKAROUNDS do not save small/mid-sized businesses test their backup at all* TIME & COST ! * 2011 Survey WARNING System downtime unavoidable Tape/disk/cloud backup not foolproof 1 or more system downtimes per year HARD FACTS $ $74,000 Average Quarterly/monthly testing not enough cost of one hour downtime' Disaster Recovery failure w/o right 30 hours Average Data Disaster procedure Recovery time² ' Aberdeen Group Harris Interactive Survey CONSTANT CHANGE Hardware Software System Example: Overlapping daily & weekly updates from • Microsoft's Patch • Microsoft Security Essentials • Windows Defender Definitions • Tuesdays/Extraordinary Patch • SAP Security • Adobe Flash V COVER ANY CHANGE WITH DATA BACKUP/RECOVERY SECURE YOUR V KEEP DISASTER RECOVERY SOLUTION UPDATED V AVOID SHORTCUTS/TRADITIONAL TESTING BUSINESS VULNERABILITY NO DISASTER RECOVERY TESTING WARNING means system hit by ....... Backup corruption Backup executed incorrectly Human errors DISASTER CORREC OISASTER RECOVERY SOLUTION RECOVERY TESTING: ALWAYS WORTH IT & TROUBLE-FREE Daily real-world tests NOT Time-consuming / Costly Complex V Drain on resources Assured recovery in minutes Known, successful recovery of applications+systems [not offered by traditional solutions] Uncomplicated planning & execution WITHOUT DAILY DR TESTING DANGER 10010 00110 11011 2$ Data Servers Applications Revenue QUORUM DISASTER RECOVERY SOLUTIONS: ONE CLICK RECOVERY IF BUT Assured Easy Testing Capabilities One-Click No 'Ifs' No Recovery Backup & 'Buts' Fine Print Quorum Backup Only ONGOING RESTORE, READY FOR TESTING Application OS & Drivers Machine Manual recreation Traditional Backup One-click Recovery Safeguards revenue, customers and reputation Reduces downtime to mere minutes © 2013 QuorumLabs, Inc. All Rights Reserved. www.quorum.net %24

Disaster Recovery Planning: Making the case for “Always Be Testing” (ABT)

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Download Quorum’s ABT Report: www.quorum.net/abtr Statistics show that most small to mid-sized businesses will experience a system downtime at least once a year. One hour of downtime costs a mid-si... zed business $74000 on an average1 and it takes 30 hours on average for data disaster recovery2. Yet, most organizations believe that Disaster Recovery (DR) Testing is more trouble than it’s worth. The primary reason is that most small to mid-sized businesses have never run their Disaster Recovery system through regular real world tests. As a result, it is never certain whether their data, servers and applications will recover using an existing solution. The report also points out that testing quarterly or even monthly is not enough. And tape, disk or cloud backup alone is not foolproof. Quorum’s report makes a strong case for “Always Be Testing” on a daily basis. It categorically states that, contrary to popular belief, if a business chooses its Disaster Recovery Solution correctly, even daily real-world tests are not time-consuming, costly, complex or a drain on resources. The report points out that hardware, software and systems are constantly changing for any business. The organization’s data backup/data recovery must take all changes into account and the recovery solution has to be updated to-the-minute. Shortcuts, or traditional testing methods, don’t work. Without Disaster Recovery Testing, a system is vulnerable and likely to be hit by backup corruption [especially for tape-based backups], backups executed incorrectly and human errors. Only a systematic daily Disaster Recovery Testing covers everything. In short, the Quorum report emphasizes that a business must be able to test every day. So it must have the correct Disaster Recovery Solution, with one click recovery and daily testing. Quorum solutions provide assured, one click backup, recovery and continuity through simple and cost-effective solutions that safeguard a company’s revenue, customers and reputation. These solutions reduce downtime to mere minutes with a single click.

Disaster Recovery Planning: Making the case for “Always Be Testing” (ABT)

Disaster Recovery Planning: Making the case for “Always Be Testing” (ABT)

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