Disaster Prevention and Recovery Consultation
A Presentation for Das Boot Brewery
Presented by Acme Co.Meghan BurnsChristine IbaraSamantha Smith
Concept Map
Background of Das Boot BreweryEstablished in 2006 in Corvallis, Oregon
They plan to open a new location in Eugene in 2009
All company information stored in the same system currently without any data backup
Das Boot’s Questions:
1. What are the pros and cons of disaster prevention?
2. Would the disaster prevention procedure interfere with daily tasks at the brewery?
3. How often would you recommend backing up information?
Das Boot’s Questions:
4. What are the names of some reputable companies that could provide these types of services?
5. Are the companies that provide disaster prevention and recovery services secure?
6. How much would it cost to implement a computer storage backup system?
What is disaster prevention and recovery?
Disaster prevention is a proactive strategy focused on controls to ensure that a disaster does not happen.
Disaster recovery focuses on controls in place in case a disaster does happen.
Why do I need to backup?
Power outages, natural disasters, accidental shutdowns and computer hackings.
Hardware failure, damage, or theft can wipe away your precious photos, documents, and music collection without a trace.
Pros and Cons of Disaster PreventionPro ConBackup copy of company
informationSaves money in the long
run if information is lostAvoids disruption in
business
Costs moneyTakes time to implement43% of companies which
suffer large-scale data loss due to disasters never re-open
29% close within 2 years
Current Events
June 1st, 2008: “Universal Studios blaze burns sets, video vault”
40,000 and 50,000 videos and reels in vaults were damaged
Current Events"Fortunately, nothing irreplaceable was lost,"
Meyer told CNN. "The video library was affected and damaged, but our main vault of our motion picture negatives was not.”
Universal Studios had duplicates of everything stored in different locations.
How often should you backup?Question: How much information can you
afford to lose? A business ideally should backup after every
data changeAt least once a day
Das Boot’s Options
Magnetic tapeHard diskRemote (online) backup service
RecommendationsCreate a disaster recovery plan
Policy StatementAnalysisIdentify Preventative StepsRecovery StrategiesPlanned DevelopmentPlanned Buy-in and TestingMaintenance
RecommendationsWe recommend Mozy.com
Simple: business-level features at consumer-friendly prices
Automatic: “Set-it-and-forget-it” designSecure: data is encrypted and stored in a safe,
remote location
Recommendations“I've been looking at Mozy and Carbonite, two of the newest offerings. I'm
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“Picked #1 by TIME Magazine readers” -Time Magazine Editors, Time Magazine
“MozyPro adds an intuitive administrative console that offers flexibility and control for managing backups from multiple PCs.” -Richard Morochove, PC World
“I prefer Mozy.” -Walter Mossberg, The Wall Street Journal
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Finding InformationDifficult to find…
Good key words for search engines.
An average price for internet backup services.
Credible sources Articles that apply
to business situations rather than home.
A short applicable video.
Easy to find…Basic definitions
and information.Businesses that
offer data backup.Testimonials and
opinions.Current events
involving data backup and loss.
Sources http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/01/studio.fire/index.html#cnnST
CVideo http://www.reelzchannel.com/movie-news/1514/breaking-news-uni
versal-studios-on-fire http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=movie+reel&btnG=S
earch+Images&gbv=2 http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2&hl=en&q=business+dis
aster&btnG=Search+Images http://blogs.sun.com/factotum/resource/1017jpg.jpg http://news.aol.com/story/_a/blaze-erupts-on-universal-studios-lot/
20080601095209990001 http://mozy.com
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