| The Hurricane Katrina Disaster has
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| | after a disaster strikes as possible. If
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| lessons for all business owners. Now is
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| | you run your business off a computer or
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| a Good time to look over your Disaster
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| | even a server then an offsite back-up of
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| recovery plan and see if it would survive
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| | key customer and vendor data is a minimal
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| a Hurricane Katrina Type Disaster. You
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| | requirement for a good Disaster Recovery
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| may be surprised how easy and cheap it is
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| | Plan.At one time My own personal Disaster
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| to have a Disaster Recovery Plan that
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| | Recovery Plan consisted of placing a tape
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| will protect your business from all types
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| | back-up weekly in a safe deposit box in a
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| of Disasters from simple theft to a
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| | bank a few miles from my home based
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| Hurricane Katrina Like Disaster.As a
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| | business location. If the Area of my
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| small business paying for 3 backup data
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| | home had suffered a Hurricane Katrina
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| centers might be more like taking a
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| | like Disaster even if the bank and the
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| Ferrari to a bicycle race. For many
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| | contents of that safe deposit box
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| small businesses the key is to have
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| | survived the Disaster that backup may not
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| critical data ready and available as soon
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| | be available to me for weeks or months.
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| after a disaster strikes as possible. If
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| | Clearly a delay of weeks or months could
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| you run your business off a computer or
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| | mean the end of my business.Keeping Data
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| even a server then an offsite back-up of
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| | in an Off Site Local location is still a
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| key customer and vendor data is a minimal
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| | good idea so you can have fast access to
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| requirement for a good Disaster Recovery
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| | your data and recover from small
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| Plan.Most of your Major Fortune 1000
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| | disasters like fire or theft that only
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| Companies have extensive off site back up
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| | effect your location. Clearly in light
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| plans. A company based in St Louis for
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| | of what we learned from Katrina you may
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| example may contract with 2 or 3
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| | want to mail a DVD backup to a trusted
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| companies around the country to provide
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| | friend or relative in another part of the
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| essential computer services in case a
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| | country. A 2nd solution you may want to
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| Disaster occurs in St. Louis that makes
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| | consider is a service that backs up your
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| it impossible for their Data Centers to
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| | computer daily via the Internet. Clearly
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| continue to function in St Louis.Major
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| | you would want to make sure the provider
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| Companies in St Louis may have backups in
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| | you choose for this service is not lo
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| 2 or 3 remote sites like Chicago, New
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| | acted across town.A lesson to learn from
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| Jersey and Arizona. These Sites are
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| | Hurricane Katrina is that 1 or even 2
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| located in different directions and
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| | back-up plans may not be enough. You
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| distances from St Louis. Once a year this
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| | need to judge how valuable your business
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| company may send key Data Center
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| | is to you and possibly mail a DVD to one
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| employees to these location to test the
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| | or more trusted associates in remote off
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| back up plan.As a small business paying
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| | site lo actions and still maintain a
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| for 3 backup data centers and running
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| | local and Internet back ups as well.While
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| annual test might be more like taking a
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| | you may not be able to fly cross country
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| Ferrari to a bicycle race. For many
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| | for a week to test your back up plan, you
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| small businesses the key is to have
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| | could test your back-ups by trying load
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| critical data ready and available as soon
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| | them on a 'clean' computer.
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