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Top six steps toward disaster recovery

I recently got to write a fun piece for InfoWorld called "Stupid user tricks" about protecting your network from human error. Researching the article revealed to me how many variables folks tend to miss when running a network, as well as when planning to protect and recover that network.

I suppose some of the errors I encountered while researching the article are more surprising to us consultant types because we live and breathe best practices. We live it, we breathe it, we get to install and bill for it, and then we get to walk away and do it all someplace else. Day to day systems administrators live and breathe a just get it done philosophy, and they can't walk away.

So in that spirit, I've condensed some of the disaster recovery best practices into a top six list for this week's column. (I ran out of space here before I could fit a top 10, but check the SMB IT blog for a few more entries.) Make sure you?ve got these six points covered, and you're much more likely to survive not only stupid human tricks but any kind of network disaster curveball Lady Fate may decide to pitch your way. Top six steps toward disaster-recovery | InfoWorld | Column | 2006-04-13 | By Oliver Rist

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