This article is about designing a backup and recovery system. It is intended for storage professionals and IT management interested in backup and recovery best practices in design. The article is organized as follows:
- What is a backup and recovery design?
- How is a backup and recovery system design used?
- What impacts does developing a backup and recovery design bring?
- How to develop a backup and recovery design
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Executive Summary
As data growth explodes, backup and restore policies and procedures become more critical, especially as the reliance on everyday information grows. Effective backup and restore policies and processes are essential to lowering business risk and maintaining business continuity. This page has been created to address these growing concerns and provide a best practices blueprint for backup and restore. Included are practical examples and costs of backup and restore procedures.
What is a backup and recovery design?
A backup and recovery design is a document that provides an blueprint describing the key elements of a backup and recovery system. A backup and recovery design specifies the goals, requirements and tradeoffs of a system.
The outcome of a backup and recovery design is a build specification for a system.
How is a backup and recovery system design used?
A backup and recovery system design is used to put requirements into a specification so that a system can be built. The design is used to test and refine requirements and put them into action in the form of a working system.
What impacts does developing a backup and recovery design bring?
A good design will reduce rework and increase chances of a successful backup and restore project. It will also serve to further clarify requirements and define tradeoffs.
