Understanding Disaster Recovery: Why Balance Matters

We would all like to be experts in disaster recovery, but how much do you really know about the topic? The answer might shock you.

The All-or-Nothing Mistake

The first mistake that many businesses make is thinking that disaster recovery and business continuity are all-or-nothing practices. Essentially, they think they'll either have complete continuity or it's just not worth it to invest in disaster recovery.

This is the type of thinking that causes companies to go out of business. A white paper published by Quocirca explains why business continuity shouldn't be an extreme case:

"Aiming for complete business continuity will, in most cases, be too expensive for an organization to afford, and things will always go wrong, so strategy needs to be based on acceptable risk. However, a well-crafted disaster recovery strategy, based on well-defined and managed recovery time and point objectives (RTO/RPO), can provide sufficient support for organizations that meets defined corporate risk profiles."

The Cost of Extremes

Neither extreme is ideal. In one case, a company invests too much in disaster recovery and has a very poor ROI. This is money that could have been spent better elsewhere. In the other case, a company completely ignores disaster recovery and must learn what happens due to business downtime: losing money by the minute.

Finding the Right Balance

It's all about finding the right balance to give you a positive ROI. It's not hard to see why many businesses have difficulty finding this balance. With little to no experience on the topic, companies have no basis to go off of. Disaster recovery service providers can help businesses find acceptable risks and form a disaster recovery strategy that will yield a positive ROI.

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