Some facts about Recovery Testing

• Test Backups – 90+% of companies fail on first or second try
• 93% of organizations have executed DR recovery plans (of those that have them)*
• Average cost of a DR plan implementation is over $250,000*
• A tested DR plan fails 25% of the time.*
• Survival rate for companies without a DR plan is less than 10%***
• 40% of companies with Catastrophic Failure lasting 72 hours fail **
• Only 15% of IBM i data centers can recover more than 30% of the data at all**

* Symantec Corp. 2009 Published in Network World 7/6/2009
** SAN Institute
*** Touche Ross

Deliverables

• Recovered system for testing (Limited time)
• Recovering Report:
  • Changes needed to backup routines
  • Objects that are not recoverable
  • New backup plan for recovery objectives
  • Budgeting items as needed

Methodology

• Recovery to Agile provided servers (Onsite or remote)
• Review of current practices vs. current professional standards
• Recovery activities until recovery complete (Multiple iterations)
• Develop recovery strategy based on recovery objectives
• Build backup plan to support recovery