Companies struggle to make time for Disaster Recovery tests


Written by Phil on September 17, 2009 in Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, survey, Testing.

There are two things that are obvious about disaster recovery (DR) testing: everybody with a DR plan should test, and most don’t test frequently enough.

During a time when IT people are often asked to do more with less, full-blown DR testing can fall by the wayside although administrators may target key pieces of their plans.

In a recent Storage magazine/SearchDisasterRecovery.com survey, 59% of respondents said they test disaster recovery plans regularly but 28% test once a year or less. Most of the blame for not testing went to lack of a DR site, and inadequate staffing and money in that survey.

See Companies struggle to make time for Disaster Recovery tests, by Rachel Kossman.

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An unexercised contingency plan could be worse than no plan at all!

Be sure to read Disaster Recovery Testing: Exercising Your Contingency Plan, Philip Jan Rothstein, FBCI, Editor – the only book on this subject – for valuable tips, techniques and insights.

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