Nov 2 2010

Episode 93: Disaster Recovery

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Be the hero when disaster strikes, have a disaster recovery plan.

News/Follow-Ups – 02:25

Geek Tools – 11:13

Webapps – 15:28

Disaster Recovery – 22:18

  • Analog Preparation
    • Documents should be in a secure location
      • Safety Deposit Box
      • Fire Safe
    • Keep digital scans of important documents
  • Digital Preparation
    • How fast can you get your site back up if godzilla destroys your data center?
    • What does it cost you if your site is down for 1min? 1hr? 1 day?
    • Recovery Point Objectives
      • How much data can we afford to lose?
    • Recovery Time Objectives
      • How long can we spend getting it back?
    • Backup Data
      • Full DB backups
        • mysqldump
      • 3-2-1 3 backup copies (not including original) 2 different storage media, 1 off-site
    • Test your recovery plan on production
    • Documentation of your infrastructure
      • Server configs
      • Readme
        • IP Addresses
        • Installed software
          • dpkg-get-selections >/var/backup/package_list
        • Installed plugins
    • If you store files use SAN or Amazon S3
    • Monitoring and logging
      • When did it go down?
      • Were you notified?
      • Why did it go down?