Disaster Recovery Option

computer-fireThe area of disaster recovery is a broad and complicated one. The evolution of virtualisation technology has made more solutions available, improving functionality, and reducing costs.

Depending on the exact needs of the customer GMA can offer a "cloud" solution and/or services which can make use of the infrastructure at GMA's office in Penge. This can then be based on backup servers that are either owned by the customer or supplied as part of the Disaster Recovery (DR) service. The performance and responsiveness of these services and solutions are very dependent on your Internet connection and there are many other factors to consider when looking at the bigger picture with regard to the term, Disaster Recovery.


GMA Business Continuity Workshop

Ultimately the workshop starts by addressing the overall definition of what disaster recovery means to your business as the whole process is essentially driven by the business requirements. The expectations of the business have to be outlined and agreed before an accurate plan can be designed.

The workshop has been designed to help you understand all the facets of disaster recovery and to decipher what is applicable to your business and then help you define a contingency model which is 'best fit' for you.

The following list of points gives a good indication of the areas covered and the depth in which the whole 'Disaster Recovery' issue is addressed:

  • Budget
  • Develop contingency model
  • Recovery - define timescales -  prioritise systems to restore first (gold, silver, bronze)
  • Communications at head office
  • Recovery site setup
  • Requirements - infrastructure, hardware, communications and telephony
  • Voice considerations
  • Remote site standby type - hot, warm, cold
  • System recovery tasks - defined by GMA
  • Recovery site - user requirements
  • Remote user access/VPN capabilities
  • Other site needs and considerations
  • Testing, testing, testing

For more details on GMA's Disaster Recovery offering please contact us directly and we will only be too happy to talk you through the procedure and show you how we can help provide you with business continuity plan that fits your budget.