The list of possible disasters seems endless: flood, fire, cyberattack, hurricane, terrorism, blackout and more. Critical engineering expert Kevin Rosen of Stream Data Centers discusses the importance of disaster planning in maintaining uptime and continuing mission-critical operations during and after a crisis.
Data Center 101: Data Center Disaster Recovery
The Data Center 101: Data Center Disaster Recovery report, brought to you in partnership with Open Spectrum, is part of the Data Center Frontier Data Center 101 Special Report series. The report, part of a group of 14 reports that cover the ins and outs of the data center industry, explores basic recovery strategies and when to use them. Download the new report that focuses on the process of saving data and ensuring the ability to recover data in the event of an outage.
How Houston’s Data Centers Weathered the Storm
In the midst of calamity, Houston’s data center teams kept their facilities online. Many of the key decisions that kept Houston online were made years ago, during the site selection process.
DR Preparedness in 2017: No Pizza Parties Just Yet
In an increasingly dangerous world, disaster recovery preparedness is crucial for data centers to protect clients and remain successful and functioning. Mark W. Jobson, Director of Product Marketing for Iron Mountain’s data center business unit, discusses the state of DR preparedness and how it pertains to the colocation industry.
Weather Proofing a Data Center: What to look for
In this week’s Voices of the Industry Josh Moody, Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at FORTRUST, discusses weather-proofing a data center and what you should be looking for to prevent downtime from natural disasters.
How to Create a Successful Disaster Recovery Plan
In this week’s Voices of the Industy, Josh Moody, FORTRUST’s Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, discusses disaster recovery plan best practices.
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