]Absolutely true. And why backups and disaster plans need to be tested regularly.
Yeah--- a lot of companies try to test "pieces" of the system rather then an actual full on drill. This is helpful, but you still will never know unless you conduct a full on drill.
The track record isn't that impressive. Everytime IT here does a large scale test it always causes an unintended large scale outage !
Still, it has gotten better. Many systems are now battery backed up that didn't use to be. Of course, the batteries often sit for years untested.... :/ -- "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." -- Benito Mussolini
The purpose of a DR test to test the business continuation model. Only critical systems are usually tested at DR. The company I work for does this once a year at Sun guard. It is kind of exciting to go. It shows how good you are a thinking on you feet.
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