The secret to effective data disaster recovery

As a data company, Qbase is not focused exclusively on collecting, merging, cleansing, and migrating data. We are also keen on preserving data. A key component of data preservation is having a workable recovery plan. However, once you have a plan is in place, don't do what a lot of businesses do: relax and let the backup solution run “on its own.” (There they sit, falsely confident that all backups are complete and readable, thinking to themselves, "What could possibly go wrong?") What you should do instead, because you're not complacent, because you're smarter than that, is to be just a bit more proactive with your disaster recovery system. How? By creating an easy-to-follow procedure for quickly verifying and auditing your data backups. What should this plan include? At the very least, regular testing to verify that your data restores correctly to various temporary locations. It should also include testing to verify the data consistency of the restored files. A truly good plan will also include a strategy for auditing daily backup logs, as well as a contingency plan for when — not if! — one of your backups does not complete successfully. Be proactive and you'll find yourself in a much better position should disaster strike down the road. Only then can you truly and confidently relax.