Disaster Recovery Gotchas - Watch Out For These Common Mistakes! - And Much More - 101 World Class Expert Facts, Hints, Tips and Advice on Disaster Recovery

278 Pages·2009·1.08 MB·English

by  Dale Scott

Disaster Recovery Gotchas - Watch Out
For These Common Mistakes!
And Much More
101 World Class Expert Facts, Hints,
Tips and Advice on Disaster Recovery
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you research the best Disaster Recovery strategies,
without spending too much of your time (and money) on
it? The average person earns $ 1100 per week, which
equates to $ 27 per hour. Trying to do the research your-
self would take you at least 5 hours to come up with the
best information, AND you’ll have to do this on a regular
basis to come up with the most up to date and current
information.
There has to be a different way to find the info you
want! Well, yes there is… we did all the research for you,
combed through all the information and got down to the
hard core of the 101 most up to date and best Facts,
Hints, Tips and Advice here, in this book.
The 101 of the most current, most actual and bene-
ficial Facts, Hints, Tips and Advice you can find from
experts in the field on Disaster Recovery:
Table of Contents
4 Types of Uninterruptible Power Supply Solutions ..................... 11
Designing Uninterrupted Power Supplies For Data Centres ........ 13
What Are You Going to Do If the Power Goes Out For Two
Weeks?................................................................................................ 16
Major Earthquake Just Leveled a City Near By, Your Water and
Power Out - Now What? .................................................................. 17
IT Outsourcing - A Risk to Business Continuity? ........................... 18
Data Center - Build and Manage IT in House Vs Outsourcing ..... 20
Flood Disasters and Your Business - What Are You Going to Do
If? ........................................................................................................ 23
Records Restoration and Archive Preservation .............................. 24
Sorry, the Server's Down, Can You Call Back Later? - Part 1 ........ 26
Disaster Planning With a Business Continuity Plan (BCP) ........... 28
Be Prepared For Disaster .................................................................. 35
IT Disaster Recovery - A Finance Perspective ................................ 37
Keep the Sky From Falling ............................................................... 42
Sorry, the Server's Down, Can You Call Back Later? Part 2 .......... 43
In Case of Emergency, Don't Panic! ................................................. 45
Is Your Business Prepared If Disaster Strikes? ............................... 47
What Can Your Business Do to Help After Disaster Strikes?........ 48
Without Power, You Are Out of Business!...................................... 49
Disaster Recovery - An Expensive Luxury? ................................... 51
What Facilities Managers Need to Understand About UPS ......... 53
Business Continuity Considerations For Catastrophes ................. 55
Business Continuity and Legal Promises With Customers........... 56
Time For Businesses to SWOT Up................................................... 57
Comparing Transformer-Based and Transformerless
Uninterruptible Power Supplies...................................................... 60
Business Continuity - It's a Matter of Survival............................... 63
Are You Living Below Or Above Your Means? ............................. 65
Water Damages This Winter - Not If You Prepare ........................ 68
How Do You Survive a Recession? ................................................. 71
The Importance of Business Continuity Planning ......................... 72
The Science of Economic Crisis and 5 Rules of Recovery ............. 74
Recession Proof Survival Guide - Be Proactive and Not Reactive 78
Make Your Business Decision About the Economic Downturn ... 82
Power Protection Systems Design and UPS Topologies ............... 84
Power Protection in Today's Data Centers and Server Farms ...... 88
Rotary Uninterruptible Power Supplies and Power Protection
Systems .............................................................................................. 91
Do You Have a Business Continuity Disaster Plan? - It is Not
Complete ........................................................................................... 95
Contingency Planning Before the Crisis Occurs ............................ 96
Do You Want to Succeed in a Down Economy? Many Have - You
Can Too.............................................................................................102
Developing a Chemical Spill Response Plan ................................ 104
4 Steps to Business Survival ........................................................... 106
Economic Crisis: Another Breakdown Leads to Break Thru ....... 107
Saving Your Company's Environment in an Economic Crisis .... 110
Recession - Who Can Clear the Financial Mess? .......................... 113
Generator Sizing For Compatibility With Uninterrupted Power
Supplies ............................................................................................ 115
Recession - The Advantage of Being a Populous Country .......... 117
As the Economy Slides, Don't Forget the Fundamentals ............. 120
When Disaster Strikes - Preparedness For Your Business ........... 121
Is Your Business Safe and Secure in Any Emergency? ................ 123
Small Business - Don't Neglect Your Disaster Recovery Plan ..... 124
Power Solutions Review For Power Protection Continuity ........ 127
Recession Proof Businesses, Myth Or Fact? .................................. 129
Does Your Business Survive Only If You Do? .............................. 131
How to Manage Your Lone Workers............................................. 134
How to Evaluate Business Continuity Services ............................ 136
Recession - Time For Skills ............................................................. 138
Are Security Guards Needed For Your Business? ........................ 139
Parallel UPS Operation and Power Protection Systems .............. 141
Measuring Reliability For Uninterruptible Power Supplies and
Power Protection Plans ................................................................... 144
Disaster Recovery Testing - Educating End Users on the
Importance of Testing ..................................................................... 147
The Debt Workout - How to Avoid Bankruptcy and Stay in
Business ............................................................................................150
Business Suicide Strategy #9 - Not Using The Acres of Diamonds
Principle ............................................................................................153
There Has to Be a Better Way .........................................................156
What is Involved With HAZWOPER Training? ...........................158
Business Suicide Strategy #11 - Not Charging the 'Perfect Price'
For Your Product Or Service Part II ...............................................159
"In Emergency, Please Use the Elevators" - A Sign in the Future?
...........................................................................................................162
Stealing Business Secrets .................................................................165
Steer Your Company Through a Recession ...................................168
Back-Feed Protection in Uninterruptible Power Supplies ...........170
Uninterruptible Power Supply - External Battery Testing ...........172
Recognition Rules! A Talent Retention & Team Building
Imperative For Uncertain Times ....................................................175
Business Survival in This Difficult Market ....................................180
Prepare For the Unexpected - It Probably Will Happen! .............181
Disaster Relief Government Grants ...............................................184
2009 Business Disaster - How to Survive.......................................186
Keeping Your Business Striving .....................................................187
Economic Obstacle Or Opportunity? .............................................189
How to Survive As a Business During a "Recession" ...................191
Is Bartering a Way Out For Cash Strapped Communities? .........193
What to Do in a Recession .............................................................. 195
How to Experience Business Growth in Tough Economic Times
........................................................................................................... 197
Disaster Recovery Gotchas - Watch Out For These Common
Mistakes! .......................................................................................... 202
How Does an Orange Beat a Salami? ............................................ 206
IT Infrastructure - A Boon to Grow Your Business! ..................... 209
Successful Survival .......................................................................... 210
Business Disaster Recovery - Flood Protection ............................. 211
Pre-Qualifying Your Disaster Restoration Contractor ................. 214
Ways Your Business Can Fight Back in an Bad Economy ........... 215
Disaster Recovery Tests Too Costly? ............................................. 217
Job Opportunity at FEMA .............................................................. 219
Power and Data Center Flexibility ................................................. 221
Clean, Reliable Backup Power ....................................................... 222
Data Center Disaster Planning ....................................................... 224
Keeping Your Business Alive During the Recession .................... 225
Crisis Reputation Management - When Leadership Fails ........... 228
How to Reduce the Pain of a Small Business Failure ................... 231
UPS Monitoring - Onsite and Remote ........................................... 233
UPS Downstream Distribution ...................................................... 235
Uninterruptible Power Supply - Electricity Generation &
Distribution ...................................................................................... 238
Learning More About Disaster Recovery ...................................... 240
Disaster Preparedness - How Ready Are You? .............................242
10 Tips For Surviving - No, Thriving - In the Workplace Today .248