LAN Disaster Prevention and Recovery

by Patrick H. Corrigan

This book examines LAN disaster prevention and recovery from a systems design and planning perspective. Not simply about performing proper backups and recovering from file server disk crashes, this... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0130158194
• ISBN13: 9780130158192
• Release Date: March 1994
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.0" x 9.2"

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LAN Disaster Prevention and Recovery

LAN DISASTER PREVENTION AND RECOVERY by Patrick H. Corrigan The First Line of Defense Against LAN Disaster "LAN disasters come in many forms: hardware and software failure, human error, sabotage, and natural disaster. Many people erroneously think that LAN disaster prevention and recovery simply means performing proper backups and recovering from file server crashes. In reality, however, LAN disaster prevention and recovery must deal with anything that can affect the continuing operation of a LAN and its components. "Based on Patrick Corrigan's seminar on LAN Disaster Prevention and Recovery, this book: - Focuses on the prevention of and recovery from total system failures, as well as the minor problems that cause downtime and lost data. - Addresses major issues of maintaining system availability, maintaining data integrity and security, and recovering from disaster in a timely fashion. - Demonstrates, in a step-by-step fashion, how to build your own disaster prevention and recovery plan at the system and site levels. - Emphasizes what can be done to prevent disasters from happening, as well as what can be done in advance to ease the task of recovery should a disaster occur. - Discusses specific tools and techniques for documenting systems and procedures and writing a disaster plan." CONTENTS: 1 Introduction It Can't Happen Here, Can It? A State of Mind Disaster Planning Issues Selling Disaster Prevention and Recovery What is Downtime? What Does Downtime Cost and Why Should I Care? How Long and How Often Can You Afford to Be Down? The Goal: Minimum Downtime What Do You Need to Protect Against? How Much Protection Do You Need? The Grand Plan, or One Step at a Time? 2 Planning The Plan Why LAN Disaster Planning is So Very Hard To Do Kaizen Who's Responsible for What? Personnel Issues Risk Assessment How Much Does It Cost? Selling the Plan (To Everyone!) 3 Documentation Creating and Maintaining Documentation What to Document Documentation Examples 4 Building Reliable Systems Planning, Design and Installation Hardware and Software Selection 5 LAN Security Why is LAN Security Important? LAN Security Rules of Thumb Physical Access Control User Login and Authentication Access Rights and Logical Access Control Shareware Data Encryption Virus Prevention and Recovery E-Mail 6 Backing Up Data What Causes Data Loss? Backup Hardware and Software Requirements Reliability Backup Technologies Backup Methods and Procedures Data Recovery 7 Power Backup and Conditioning Origins of Power Defects Potential Power Problems Building the Foundation Power Protection Solutions Preventing and Resolving Power Problems 8 Business Resumption Planning Simplifying the Problem Approaches to Off-Site Recovery Recovery Planning Tips After the Fact: Problems Encountered by Those Who Have Been There The "Right" Way 9 Writing