[wellylug] Disaster IT in New Orleans & Emergency

[Rob Giltrap]

Adam Bogacki wrote:

>Jumbophut ..
>
>(1) I thought Wellylug might be interested in the experience of people 
>involved in IT disaster recovery in New Orleans - we could be in the
>same situation if the Wellington fault moves at any time, or the
>active Boo Boo fault from Cape Palliser to the South Island generates
>a tsunami in our direction.
>
Actually, I am involved in the IT disaster recovery in New Orleans and I 
can tell you it's going to take a lot more than a Live Linux CD to solve 
those problems.

There are many many companies who need to try and recover archival data 
from tape cartridges that have salt crystals built up on the physical 
media very nasty!

Rule #1 - Salt water and IT gear doesn't mix well
Rule #2 - Basements are great places for storing stuff you don't care about
Rule #3 - Backup and archive tapes contain stuff you DO care about
Rule #4 - Your UPS and power distribution circuitry is more stuff you 
should care about
Rule #5 - Your computer room contains more stuff you should care about
Rule #6 - President Bush is NOT the only stupid person in America, There 
are plenty to choose from
Rule #7 - You can always replace computers, storage, computer rooms & 
power infrastructure it just takes time
Rule #8 - In Many/Most cases you cannot replace your DATA!

Rob

Global BCP Program Manager