A Double Take on Disaster Recovery Why tape is not enough by Bob Roudebush, Director of Solutions Engineering, Double-Take Software Some companies have very minimal disaster recovery plans, i.e., “As long as I’ve got a backup on tape I’m okay” or “Don’t worry, we’ve got good backups, we can recover anything.” Just having a copy of your enterprise data on magnetic tape after a disaster is not enough. In fact, it may not even help after certain disasters.

Restoring data quickly and safely Many companies rely on magnetic tape at the core of their disaster recovery plan. This month’s feature article explores why this strategy may short-change the enterprise, or even make recovering critical business operations unsafe. Last month, we asked about your Microsoft Exchange Server backup/restore techniques. Your responses indicate an increased awareness of the need to “snapshot” data — to easily and quickly recover it. In this issue, we take a look at an employee who, despite being the “go-to” person for many issues, is difficult to manage. Does this type of genius need discipline or education? We need your best advice. Please let us know how successful we are at including articles relevant to your professional life by taking a 1-minute reader survey, and you could win a pair of Bose® in-ear headphones. If you would like to unsubscribe to this newsletter, please click on the link at the bottom of the page.