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Disaster Recovery Planning from Quorum

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-sized 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.

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Disaster Recovery Planning from Quorum

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  1. Making the Disaster Recovery Planning case for “Always Be Testing” (ABT) Download Now www.quorum.net/abtr

  2. ? HOW CONFIDENT ARE YOU ABOUT YOUR SYSTEM TESTING? CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO ERASE YOUR HARD DISK RIGHT NOW AND RESTORE FROM YOUR DATA BACKUP? COLD FEET? Then it’s time you commit to “Always Be Testing”

  3. Why “Always Be Testing”?

  4. Hard Facts 1 $ • Most small to mid-sized businesses experience at least one system • downtimea year. • One hour of downtime costs a mid-sized business $74,000 on an average . • It takes 30 hours on an average for data disaster recovery . 2 1 1 Aberdeen Group 2 Harris Interactive Survey

  5. Hard Facts 2 • System • downtime is • unavoidable. • Disaster Recovery (DR) is likely to fail without the right procedure. • Testing quarterly or even monthly is not enough. • Tape, disk or cloud backup alone is not foolproof.

  6. Yet, most organizations believe that Disaster Recovery Testing is more trouble than it’s worth. DO YOU? Only 28% of small to mid-sized businesses have tested their backup at all*. Most resort to WORKAROUNDS to save TIME & COST… …but it really doesn’t! *2011 Survey

  7. Do you believe that without DRTesting your data and applications could be recovered successfully? Unlikely, if you haven’t chosen your Disaster Recovery Solution correctly.

  8. Choose your Disaster Recovery Solution correctly with daily real-world tests that are: Time-consuming Costly Complex A drain on resources NOT • Advantages of DR Testing • Assured recovery in minutes • Known, successful recovery of applications and systems [not offered • by traditional solutions] • No complicated planning & execution

  9. Constant Change • Remember, your hardware, software and systems are constantly changing: • Your data backup/data recovery must take • these changes into account. • Your disaster recovery solution has to be • updated to-the-minute. • Shortcuts, or traditional testing methods, • don’t work. • Without daily DR Testing, your data, servers • and applications may be in danger. For example, overlapping daily & weekly updates from Microsoft Security Essentials, Windows Defender Definitions, SAP Security, Microsoft’s Patch Tuesdays/Extraordinary Patch Tuesdays, Adobe Flash etc. are altering your system environment constantly.

  10. Even the tiniest change in your IT system can increase the odds of a future glitch in your data recovery. • Ask yourself • Is there a chance that your rebuild from a backup will fail? • Could incompatibilitiesof hardware and software prevent a server from booting up?

  11. Vulnerability • Did you know there are many reasons • for failed recoveries? • Corrupted backup media (disk or tape based). • Tape drive failure – not writing/reading accurately. • Missing tape(s) in a series of tapes to restore. • New replacement of tape drive that can’t read older tape formats. • Human error.

  12. Are you sure your existing Disaster Recovery Testing is safeguarding your company's revenue and reputation?

  13. In short, you must be able to test every day. So you must have the correct Disaster Recovery Solution,with one click recoveryand daily testing. Real World ABT Success Talent recruiting firm 24 Seven, Inc. had just finished testing its hybrid cloud DR solution when Superstorm Sandy hit in October 2012. Thanks to its commitment to ABT, the organization maintained business as usual, without missing a beat. Even though its Manhattan headquarters had to close, operations critical to payroll (24 Seven’s main responsibility) were carried through. The reputation of the company remained intact, thanks to foresight and diligence.

  14. Quorum Disaster Recovery Solutions Assured Recovery One-Click Recovery Easy Testing Capabilities No ‘Ifs’ and ‘Buts’ No Fine Print It’s simple: Our solutions work! And you have peace of mind.

  15. Quorum Disaster Recovery Solutions: COMMITED TO ALWAYS BE TESTING TRADITIONAL BACKUP ONE-CLICK RECOVERY BACKUP ONLY ONGOING RESTORE, READY FOR TESTING APPLICATION MANUAL RECREATION OS & DRIVERS MACHINE • Quorum provides assured, one click backup, recovery and continuity. • Quorum’s simple and cost-effective solutions safeguard your revenue, • customers and reputation. • Quorum Solutions reduce downtime to mere minutes with a single click.

  16. Thank YouFREE “Always Be Testing” Report Download Now www.quorum.net/abtr © 2013 QuorumLabs, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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