AFCOM is hosting Data Center World in Orlando this week
(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Data center association AFCOM (www.afcom.com) announced on Tuesday that more than 15 percent of data centers have no plan for business continuity or disaster recovery.
AFCOM released its study "How to Stay in Business: A Data Center Institute Report on Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity" at its Data Center World conference in Orlando.
According to the report, its objective is to help data center managers define and develop effective plans for their areas of responsibility within the data center.
Last week, a power outage caused San Diego data center operators to look at their disaster recovery plans. Before that, it was Hurricane Irene that provided a challenge to data center operators down the East coast.
The report says that many data center providers do not address business continuity and disaster recovery as two separate issues despite each issue requiring its own plan.
AFCOM defines a disaster as "an unexpected event that causes significant disruption to mission critical or core business services or functions."
The report also urges companies to take all risks seriously, and to have an action plan for every risk, no matter the likelihood of the event happening.
"Natural events and cyber security attacks lurk as constant threats to a data center's integrity. Recent events around the world--from earthquakes to phishing attacks--have shown the serious damage and compromised positions businesses can find themselves in if they are not properly prepared," Jill Yaoz, CEO, AFCOM said in a statement. "Every business and IT professional should be taking time to update his or her disaster recovery plans and make sure they can get back online quickly in the event of an emergency. Unfortunately, our research suggests many are not regularly updated or tested, which is a huge concern."
According to the report, two-thirds of data centers have no plan or procedures to deal with cybercrime.
Business continuity plans for the data center environment should cover issues impacting the core electrical plant/mechanical plant, technical area mechanical systems/electrical systems, BMS platform and fire suppression and detection.
The report indicates that many aspects of the business continuity plan relate to the available levels of redundancy.
AFCOM says a key component of the disaster recovery plan is to understand how critical infrastructure and systems would be replaced in the event of damage. This, according to the report, requires detailed planning with key vendors or holding spares at different locations, for example. The report says 50 percent of data centers have no formal plan for replacing damaged equipment after a disaster.
The report also explores the steps to take in using the cloud for disaster recovery, and reviews the priority recovery levels for every component.
"While disaster recovery is not a one-size-fits-all proposition we feel our report offers best practices that can be applied to most any business and data center to help guide them to a stronger level of defense and preparedness," Yaoz added.
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