If you're like John, you spend a decent amount of time worrying about whether your disaster recovery processes and plans would really work.
Sure, you actually do have plans. Sure, you practice parts of them periodically. But a full "like-it-was-for-real" DR test isn't usually feasible unless you run active/active with rapid reconfiguration/failover capabilities, and most people don't do that.
When you look at the people who do (I know a few) you realize why most organizations don't even try: It's a LOT of work.
Continued at CIO Insight
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