Data recovery is like life insurance for your server, making sure all your important data is recoverable in the advent of the unexpected. 

We provide a comprehensive service to test and improve your current backup process ensuring you are prepared should a disaster occur.

Correct Solutions provides Disaster Recovery planning and testing services with a wide range of scope and outcomes available.  These services range from basic testing of backups by recovery of a single server, through to recovery of the entire IT environment, including hubs, internet connections and key workstations.

The basic testing can include the recovery of a single server based on the last backup tape onto a new hardware platform.  This will prove that the server can be recovered to an alternate platform should a disaster occur with the main server.  The initial time investment that is required for Correct Solutions to run through this process is extremely high (potentially 5+ days) and will likely take multiple attempts before a working system is  obtained.  The reason here is that the original server hardware will likely be unavailable at some point in the future - an example being recovery of a DELL server to HP Server platform.

The end result however, once we have run through the various server recovery scenarios on our test server in the office, is that we will be able to produce a document which highlights the exact process we have used to recover the server and the timeframe in which we can expect recovery to take place in the future.  This gives the business a clear expectation of the downtime to be expected for recovery of this single server.  The resulting report will also highlight faults and failings in the current backup methodology and provide recommendations for improvements in the overall process.  This will provide assurance that the recovery process can be replicated in the future.

The more complex recovery process can be performed by recovery of not only the key server, but also other related servers and key workstations in the domain, network infrastructure including the internet connection.  This process is extremely resource intensive and requires multiple servers and additional hardware equipment.

The result from either of the above disaster recovery processes is that we can produce a report which includes the following;

• An executive summary to give the business owners an assurance of the expected outcomes should a DR need to take place today
• A detailed hardware requirement list of the current hardware used, and the hardware used for the recovery process
• A process overview (not step by step) of how we have recovered the system - Note that the exact steps may change dependant on the level of the disaster to be recovered from (i.e. total system loss due to fire vs. loss of the disk subsystem due to massive disk failure)
• An estimate of the time needed to recover the system from scratch
• A review of the entire backup process from tape through to offsite backup to ensure the end-to-end scenario is covered
• A list of recommended actions to improve the overall process as well as listing any deficiencies that were found during the recovery