[Year 12 IT Apps] ITA study design query

[ken price]

Hi Mark,

this would refer to the testing of the Disaster Recovery plan itself.

One of my staff once told me of a large bank that had a disaster recovery
plan to cover the possible destruction of their offices in
Sydney.Thisinvolved the ongoing automatic duplication of all data and
services to a
backup headquarters somewhere else, so that in the event of a disaster they
could have business as usual.

They tested this fully by actually enacting a pretend destruction of the
offices - power out etc, and relocated the staff to the backup location. It
all worked beautifully, with only a minimal disruption to business
continuity. They kept operating for a few weeks from that location to verify
that it all worked well

Success!

Then after the test they went to move back to the normal office.. and
realised that wasn't part of the plan...it took weeks to restore back in the
opposite direction, as there was no automatic updating at the original
 "destroyed" head office.

kp


On 8/22/07, Mark Kelly <kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au> wrote:
>
> Spring is in the air and a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts
> of the ITA study design.
>
> ITA Key Knowledge Unit 4 Outcome 2  Dotpoint 5 is "Disaster recovery
> strategies, including testing."
>
> I've been wondering how testing can help one recover from disaster.
> Sure it can help _prevent_ disaster, but that's not "recovery".
>
> How does testing help after the disaster has struck??
>
> Any ideas?
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