ALSO CALLED: Disaster Management, IT Disaster Planning, and Disaster Recovery Planning DEFINITION: A disaster recovery plan (DRP) - sometimes referred to as a business continuity plan (BCP) or business process contingency plan (BPCP) - describes how an organization is to deal with potential disasters. Just as a disaster is an event that makes the continuation of normal functions impossible,
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The Sun Unified Storage Simulator is a VMware virtual machine that provides a simulated experience of the Sun Storage 7000 products on a virtual machine with sixteen simulated disk drives.
DISASTER PLANNING DEFINITION (continued): … a disaster recovery plan consists of the precautions taken so that the effects of a disaster will be minimized and the organization will be able to either maintain or quickly resume mission-critical functions. Typically, disaster recovery planning involves an analysis of business processes and continuity needs; it may also include a significant focus on disaster prevention.
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