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1. Where should small businesses start with disaster recovery, whether or not they already have a DR plan in place? What is the first question the small business owner needs to ask?
I recommend starting with determining RTO and RPO. If the small business owner starts here he or she will be off to a good start with the DR plan. What are RTO and RPO?
• RTO – Recovery Time Objective, the time between the disaster and when the system has been made operational again. Why is this important? Different businesses have different costs associated with
If your system breaks, how long do you want to be down? How soon do you need your system back up and running? Whether it is a week, a day, an hour or one minute, whatever time you establish, that is your RTO or Recovery Time Objective. Think about what your business needs and you can come up with one component of disaster recovery/business continuity planning, your RTO. Next up, you need to start thinking about your Recovery Point Objective.
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