Difference between revisions of "Procedure Disaster Recovery Plan"
| Line 11: | Line 11: | ||
* backups made at regular intervals of all storage devices (the maximum interval for two consecutive backups is one day). | * backups made at regular intervals of all storage devices (the maximum interval for two consecutive backups is one day). | ||
* replication of service to an off-site location, which overcomes the need to restore the service (only the data need to be restored or synchronized). | * replication of service to an off-site location, which overcomes the need to restore the service (only the data need to be restored or synchronized). | ||
| + | |||
| + | In addition to preparing for the need to recover systems, D4Science also implements precautionary measures with the objective of preventing a disaster in the first place. These include: | ||
| + | |||
| + | * local mirrors of systems and/or data and use of disk protection technology such as RAID; | ||
| + | * surge protectors — to minimize the effect of power surges on delicate electronic equipment; | ||
| + | * use of an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) and backup generator to keep systems going in the event of a power failure; | ||
| + | * fire prevention/mitigation systems equipped with alarms and fire extinguishers; | ||
| + | * firewall and network frameworks to avoid intrusion and attacks. | ||
Latest revision as of 18:56, 27 March 2018
Disaster Recovery Plan
Disasters can be classified into two broad categories. The first is natural disasters such as floods, hurricanes, tornadoes or earthquakes. While preventing a natural disaster is impossible, risk management measures have been applied to avoid disaster-prone situations. The second category is man-made disasters, such as hazardous material spills, infrastructure failure, bio-terrorism, and disastrous IT bugs or failed change implementations. In these instances, monitoring, testing, and mitigation planning have been also defined.
Strategies
- use of high availability systems which keep both the data and system replicated on-site and off-site, enabling continuous access to systems and data, even after a disaster.
- use of Hybrid Cloud solutions that replicate both on-site and to off-site the main D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative. data center. This solution provides the ability to instantly fail-over to local on-site hardware most of the D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative. services, but in the event of a physical disaster at the main D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative. data center, servers can be brought up in two additional data centers that are federated to D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative..
- backups made at regular intervals of all storage devices (the maximum interval for two consecutive backups is one day).
- replication of service to an off-site location, which overcomes the need to restore the service (only the data need to be restored or synchronized).
In addition to preparing for the need to recover systems, D4ScienceAn e-Infrastructure operated by the D4Science.org initiative. also implements precautionary measures with the objective of preventing a disaster in the first place. These include:
- local mirrors of systems and/or data and use of disk protection technology such as RAID;
- surge protectors — to minimize the effect of power surges on delicate electronic equipment;
- use of an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) and backup generator to keep systems going in the event of a power failure;
- fire prevention/mitigation systems equipped with alarms and fire extinguishers;
- firewall and network frameworks to avoid intrusion and attacks.
