Reply to post: So no real DR plan then!

'Powerful blast' at Glasgow City Council data centre prompts IT meltdown

Amorous Cowherder
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So no real DR plan then!

"Perhaps more problematic is the fact that there was no backup provision at all for the majority of systems."

AND

"All our data was backed up and the business continuity plans in place meant those services were manually delivered."

So basically another half-arsed, "shit never goes wrong why spend money" security/DR plan then! So no live fed DR site for a critical city infrastructure. We'll just back up the data but we've no provision for a DR situation in which to restore the sodding critical data, not even a standby agreement with our kit provider to supply XYZ kit in an emergency. Cue frantic calls to IT staff and IT purchasing dept to try to arrange a site/some kit in a few hours, only to discover the only spare SAN array like the one we need is sitting in a customs somewhere in a Dutch cargo port.

IT: "Can we have a proper DR plan put in, here's the details of what we need."

Management: "HOW FOOKING MUCH?!!"

IT: "OK, we have 'PLAN B', it's dead cheap and we can do a few backups for a couple of quid but it won't work very in an emer...."

Management: "Yep, that's the one! Make it happen!"

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