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Dirik Hameed
The need for a disaster recovery plan in any business large or small, cannot be gained said. Tragedies can occur to a business at any time and the causes are a lot, varying from ordinary causes to terrorist activities. Daily the businesses that decide on colocation face the risk of loosing vital data. The cost of such data loss is immense and can even lead to the closure of the business according to the scope of the loss and the type of business. For instance, think about the loss of data for an internet store that would result in the website being offline for a long time. This and many other possibilities face businesses that opt for collocation services for their websites. A disaster recovery plan is a set of measures and laid down procedures meant to ensure that the critical resources that are required for core business functions are maintained and backed up. Disaster recovery plans should cover all areas of the business from human resources to data management. For organizations that use hosting colocation, focus should be on disaster recovery plans for their data. Avoiding data loss and preventing calamities where possible is the first step in disaster recovery in collocation services. Prevention will include physical security checks and clearance, training of personnel on disaster recovery and having back up systems for your data. Disaster prevention plans will help the business recover soonest and with minimal interruptions to key functions. The other step for a tragedy recovery plan for users of colocation services is in making sure there is stability in time of a tragedy. Regardless of the cause and extent of the damage caused, a business needs to continue with its core business to avert further losses. This is in fact the reason why disaster recovery plans for collocation users are referred to as business continuity plans. This implies that backup data and other resources like working space/place are supposed to be set up to allow the core operations of the company to go on continually. Businesses using colocation can choose between having a hot site or cold site for their business continuity during a disaster. A hot site is a secure building that has resources such as servers, data backup storage, other office equipment and sometimes food and clothing that will be used in case of a disaster. However, a cold site is a safe premise ready to be put up but devoid of significant resources that staff can move in and put in place their machines incase there is a calamity. Colocation service users must also have a recovery mechanism. After the disaster, critical data resources and other resources key to the functioning of the business must be restored. This is meant to restore the business to its normal functioning and performance levels. After a disaster and depending on the extent of damage to the colocation user's functioning restoration may include finding alternative working areas and equipment. It could also mean just restoring critical data lost through a security breach online.
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