Disaster-Ready?
This story by Jacob Dirr in the Austin Business Journal (Feb. 26 – Mar 4) stopped me in my tracks:
A small nonprofit here in Austin, Si3, had all their data backed up: a hard drive, back-up and some disks. “We thought that was plenty of redundancy,” said president John Barrett Jr.
Then a small plane hit the building on Feb 18, and they were forced to evacuate their office…leaving everything behind. They still haven’t been allowed back in almost two weeks later, and they are hoping for the best.
Which brings me to the point of this post: every day a message pops onto my screen telling me that a scheduled back-up of my personal data is about to occur… somewhere (offsite?). Every day I think, “hey, that’s great….” and yet I’ve never actually tested it’s functionality. Maybe one day soon I will.
If you think you’re never going to be hit by a plane, how about a fire? Or “natural disaster, workplace violence, flu pandemic, or nearby construction mishaps?” Consider what would happen if you couldn’t go into your workplace to contact your customers. Would they have a way to contact you? Assuring them that you are covered in an emergency could help you get future business. And knowing you have plan B in place provides you with peace of mind.
In an emergency you need to recover quickly or your business may never get back on track.
“burnt toast” Flickr photo by BloGGingHoLLy
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