I disagree. Everything fails sooner or later, including mitigation
techniques. Always start with a response plan, then move to a mitigation plan if
applicable.
Summary
In this chapter, I explored the aspects of a full SQL Server disaster recovery plan, from
risk mitigation to response techniques. I then applied that discussion to actual disaster
scenarios and deconstructed the issues. I explained how using SQL Server 2005 could
have reduced the risk or improved the response capabilities. In the next chapter, I??™ll look
at nontechnical, practical issues to starting disaster recovery planning within your own
organization.
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Realistic Disaster Recovery
Planning
It??™s easy for me to sit back and preach about disaster recovery; after all, this is only a
book. The problem for all of us is that disaster recovery, like any other IT undertaking,
never works according to formula once you step into the real world. All IT projects have
a tendency to be problematic, but disaster recovery seems to be particularly problematic
in the real world.
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