| Storage management professionals traditionally lump "backup-and-recovery" together as a single discipline. Are they related? Of course -- they're joined at the hip. Are they the same thing? No, they're not. That's because all the backups in the world are useless if users can't get back the information they need. Recovery operations must work reliably, globally, quickly and efficiently, or all that tape handling might as well be juggling Frisbees.
The time to think about restoring data is before IT plans its backup routines. By understanding the nature of applications and data and linking it to recovery plans, IT can maximize ROI and minimize costs. |
