For most companies, the best disaster recovery (DR) strategy is a blend of physical and virtual. The trick, of course, is in figuring out what goes where. To that end, it’s a good idea to determine the where and the what before the how.
 
“The first step for any organization in creating a disaster recovery center is to determine the level of criticality of systems and applications that will be supported,” advises Dr. Mickey Zandi, managing principal, consulting services at SunGard Availability Services. This evaluation, he says, helps determine what needs to be recovered and their recovery time and objectives.
 
“If a company builds its own disaster recovery site, it not only incurs the capital expenditures but it is pretty much stuck with the location,” says Zandi. “Utilizing a service provider enables a company to relocate its disaster recovery center to other locations in a provider’s network should the business needs arise.”

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