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Disaster recovery is the set of procedures, tools, policies, and resources that are collectively intended to revive IT infrastructure and resume critical business functions after a natural or human-triggered disaster - such as a cyberattack, hardware failure, accidental data deletion, etc.*
Backup is the process of creating copies of data and storing them in primary and secondary locations. You can back up your files on local drives, NAS devices, off-site data centers, cloud storage, and other means. This allows you to restore your data if you happen to experience data loss.
Disaster recovery, on the other hand, is a more holistic process that seeks to safeguard your data and IT resources against problems, as well as facilitate quick re-establishment of the core business systems after a major disruption.
Hence, we can conclude that backup is just one subcomponent of disaster recovery.
Managing disaster recovery entails drafting, implementing, and testing a robust disaster recovery plan, plus its corresponding business continuity plan.
While you conduct business impact analysis, you should consider the ideal recovery infrastructure - whether on-premise or cloud - as well as the disaster recovery approach - whether multi-site, warm standby, pilot light, or backup and recovery.
An IT disaster recovery plan is a structured document that provides detailed guidance on how to effectively respond to service disruptions caused by natural and human-induced disasters - such as cyberattacks, power outages, and natural calamities.
The plan itself considers all the core business processes plus the potential disasters that might arise along the way. It then offers strategies for minimizing the impacts of each disaster, as well as utilizing the available secondary resources to quickly and seamlessly restore critical operations.
A disaster recovery plan seeks to help you respond quickly and effectively to service disruptions. It focuses on minimizing the effect of each potential disaster, and restoring the core business operations.*
Some of the key elements of an IT disaster recovery plan include
