IBM answer #3 - It depends It depends on the risks in your operating environment. If you're in Oklahoma and the primary threat to life and limb stems from tornadoes then 10 miles might be enough. If you're located on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico and the threat is hurricanes, then 10 miles doesn't get you out of the danger zone. Worried about terrorism? Depends on the attack but 10 miles probably is enough unless they get their hands on a nuke in which case you'll want to be considerably farther away. Risk analysis is the key to DR location. Just my 2 cents worth.
________________________________ Poll question of the day: How one goes about determining a good "distance" between 2 data centers. One which is primary and one which could be used as a DR site. Is there any papers, manuals, redbooks that give a good ROT for this topic? And what is your feelings on this issue. Is 4 miles between two data centers too close? is 1000000 miles between two data centers to far? Any thoughts or a pundit's 2cents worth on this? I have been trying to determine this in a generic way. Not based on what we have for connectivity. But what would be a good business case to show upper management that if we had XX miles between our data centers, then a regional issue would not take out our business. But if we were only 4 miles apart, we would be in a world of hurt. Thanks for your input Lizette ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
