May 31 2008
Data recovery is not Disaster recovery
Most of us are either unaware or oblivious about the gap that exists between data recovery and disaster recovery. Fraudulent usages and references regarding the two has merged their significance to such an extent that we barely differentiate them as separate entities embodying individual characteristics.
Data recovery refers to retrieval of data from inaccessible storage medias that have suffered reverses due to hardware or software malfunctions and data loss has followed as a natural corollary. Data recovery is opted for when vital data, flagship bearer supporting the survival of your business is rendered inaccessible even after backup procedures have been employed. It is generally the last resort and often entrusted upon professionals specialized in data recovery.
Disaster recovery on the other hand deals with the implementation of a comprehensive data backup plan whereby the all-important data is backed up not in the computer but in a backup server or a local storage device wherefrom it can be retrieved if any data loss situation strikes.
Faults both mechanical and manmade that inflict crushing damages to the data are unnumbered but when natural disasters strike chances of data safeguard becomes bleak. In most cases, in spite of warnings from the meteorological departments, the impact and intensity of the natural disasters remains unanticipated rendering data safeguard difficult and impossible. It is during these times when disaster recovery serves its purpose.
One can reduce the incidence of data loss if one resorts to disaster recovery. Backing up the all-important data in an online server or an alternative server maximizes the chances of data retrieval following grave data loss situations. Mere backing up measures fall short when stolen Laptops and unscrupulous employees divulge company trade secrets. Redirecting vital data to an alternate physical location, i.e. another branch of the same company located in a different city or country can safeguard and protect the data from sabotage and can also prove to be productive in case a data loss situation strikes.
When mishaps of great magnitude strikes (lightning, flash floods, tornadoes), data recovery from rampaged hard drives becomes mandatory. Malhandling the already damaged and corrupt storage media can wreak further damage rendering data retrieval completely impossible even by expert data recovery professionals.
Storage medias that have suffered onslaughts of natural calamities require services. Stellar Information Systems Ltd, a pioneer data recovery company specializing in Data recovery, security, safety solutions and services can help you in this regard. Stellar’s quality products, be it software or services have always delivered the best that the customer can get. Powerful algorithms backing the software execute the data recovery process while malfunctions in the storage media are set right through services. Whatever might be the extent of the damage caused, Stellar’s expert data recovery professionals are capable of retrieving data that have been subjected to any data loss situation.
