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Approaches to Disaster Recovery in Schools

Approaches to Disaster Recovery in Schools. Maurice Cummins , Monte and Ian Ralph, SCEGGS. This session:. 3 Parts: Some time to complete our survey SCEGGS’ DR journey so far Review of the survey results Aims Broaden understanding of DR Source the wisdom of crowds.

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Approaches to Disaster Recovery in Schools

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  1. Approaches to Disaster Recovery in Schools Maurice Cummins, Monte and Ian Ralph, SCEGGS

  2. This session: • 3 Parts: • Some time to complete our survey • SCEGGS’ DR journey so far • Review of the survey results • Aims • Broaden understanding of DR • Source the wisdom of crowds

  3. 10 Minutes to complete Survey • http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/KZ5J9L3

  4. Some Scenarios & Consequences • Scenarios • A/C failure • Earthquake • Fire • Plane Crash • Disease outbreak • Consequences • Devices fail • Inability to access site • Key staff gone/unavailable

  5. Where we would like to be • Initially (1 day or less) • Website • Communications (parent portal e-mail, SMS, LMS) • School Admin system online (contacts, payroll etc) • After a few days – 1 week (users have devices) • Files • Remote access • Other systems – e.g. Mahara

  6. Where SCEGGS is now • Tapes Offsite • Purchase bare metal • Rebuild • Restore • Reconnect • Weeks of labour-intensive effort

  7. New technologies – new opportunities

  8. Considerations for all options • Monitoring – is your DR solution online? • Access to competent 3rd parties to advise and minimise risk • Make sure that 3rd party knows your system before accepting a proposal • Test regularly – you only know if your backup works when you try a restore • Think DR for future purchases

  9. Options – On Site • Physically remote server room • Replicate Hardware • AC + UPS • Redundant diverse path connectivity • FC tape backup in remote location – doing now

  10. On Site physical separation

  11. Tape backup

  12. Diverse Connectivity

  13. Remote server space

  14. Off-site – rack space at other school • Assumes • Rack space + AC + UPS + High Speed connectivity • Sufficiently remote • Replicate hardware • Reciprocate

  15. How much rack space?

  16. Off-site – rack space commercial facility • E.g. Global Switch $1695/Month for 40RU • Physically remote server room • Replicate Hardware

  17. Off-site – 3rd Party replication • Integrator like Netstrategy/Sommerville/ASI • Physically remote server room • Replicate our Hardware • Partner certified on your hardware/software

  18. Off-Site – Cloud • E.g AWS • RedundantData Centres

  19. Off-site – cloud for some services • Google Docs • Office 365

  20. Hybrid • E.G. Cloud (Google docs/Office 365) + On Site

  21. How to choose? • Resilience – will the solution survive a catastrophe? • Recovery Time – how quickly can we be back online • Complexity • Connectivity • Flexibility • Support • Cost

  22. A selection Matrix • Weighted scores • Each school needs to develop weights

  23. Survey Data Results Access http://tinyurl.com/plab65z Password: Contact Ian Ralph if you require access to this resource.

  24. Thanks • Maurice Cummins – Monte • James Boyle – Netstrategy • Neil Jackson/John Hildebrant/Ken Yap – AWS • Richard Warren/John Collias– Computelec • Leah Rix – Dell

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