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Tuesday, February 22, 2005 |
Enough of my Mac user bashing, as it is time to get back to other geeky
things. I ordered a 1 GB compact flash card for the camera today
from Ecost.com. After the mail-in rebate, the card will work out
to just under $50. Nice!
Work has not been terribly exciting the last couple of days. I
have been working on a couple of loose ends concerning backups and
server replacements. I should have spent that time learning
myself some Perl. I think that is what is going on
tomorrow.
I have also been working on my role in the disaster recovery project
within our stem. Disaster recovery has become an essential part
of working in IT these days, but some of the material is incredibly
dry. I have started to read the IT disaster recovery guidelines for the State of Maryland, and I have found this to be an incredibly tedious document. Another document I have looked at but not yet read is the State of Arizona Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Plan.
Most of these plans began to be promulgated following September 11,
2001 and the New York City Blackout of 2003. Basically, they all
start with the notion that core business functions have been identified
and that threats and vulnerabilities have been identified. Also,
a disaster is not necessarily defined by something along the lines of a
terrorist attack--it can be a flood, fire, or similar disaster.
The bottom line with these plans is that a plan is in place for the
resumption of services as quickly as possible. It also details a
temporary suspension of electronic services if recovery time warrants
it. Essentially, your "time to recover" is defined by how long an
outage can be endured.
Right now, we are identifying folks on the hardware, facilities, and
operations side of our house that would be needed in responding to a
disaster. This includes a lot of groups with core IT
functions--networking and telecommunications, server support, and
operations and production control. The people identified become
members of a emergency response team to be contacted in the event of an
emergency.
We are still at the tip of a very large iceberg on this project.
It should be interesting and actually fun to use some of my non-IT
chops. I will probably post more on this in the future. I
do, of course, welcome any interesting crumbs of wisdom on this
topic.
Of course, telling me to put my head between my legs and kissing my ass
goodbye in the event of a disaster is welcome, too.
3:36:18 PM  
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As I mentioned in Friday's post, I have unsubscribed from the Mac user's list here.
Command confirmation
Confirming: > SIGNOFF MAC-TERP You have been removed from the MAC-TERP list.
Goodbye, you damn Mac users!
11:50:52 AM  
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