Disaster recovery (DR) plans have evolved into a central mechanism for safeguarding today’s enterprises against the rising threat of cybercrime and natural disasters. With 86% of global businesses expecting their organization to be the victim of a cyberattack within the next 12 months, putting their DR plan to the test before a disaster strike is critical. Sadly, however, DR testing is not being prioritized as highly as it used to be. This is because data center professionals are stretched very thin and don’t have the time or tools to test more frequently.
DR testing matters because the recovery process is based not only on your recovery procedures but on coordination, collaboration, and sequencing of your internal team members. The structures put in place must be maintained across storage, network, applications, databases, and other remote working platforms.
While cyber threats can put a huge strain on a business’ productivity and ability to quickly restore data, there is a much…