January chigrp meeting

[Dan Szkola <szkola@tanis.cso.niu.edu>]

Please join us at our next meeting:

                      Disaster Recovery

           Curtis Preston, Collective Technologies

                       January 8, 1998
                        7:00-9:00 pm
        Illinois Institute of Technology - Rice Campus

Abstract

Designing a disaster recovery system is very complex. This talk will present an
overview of the six revolving steps of the process.

What attendees will learn: 

  1. The types of data that are usually forgotten in a typical disaster recovery
     plan, and how to preserve each of them.
  2. Methods of documentation that lend themselves to easy disaster recovery.
  3. The proper design of an off-site storage system, and what methods to use
     in selecting an off-site storage vendor. 

There are essentially six (revolving) steps to designing a disaster recovery
plan: 

  1. Define acceptable loss 
  2. Backup everything 
  3. Make everything as organized as possible 
  4. Protect against disasters - natural & otherwise 
  5. Document what you have done 
  6. Test, test, test 

About the Speaker

Curtis had been digging around in the trenches of backup and recovery for
several years. He has done everything from swapping to tapes to designing large
scale backup & recovery systems. He has designed such systems for a number of
fortune 500 companies, and speaks around the world about backup & recovery. He
is currently finishing a book for O'Reilly and Associates called "Backup &
Recovery Handbook." This book is due out some time in 1998.

Socializing

Following the presentation we will gather at Cozymel's, a Mexican restaurant in
the Danada Shopping Center at the intersection of Butterfield and Naperville
Road.

Directions

201 East Loop Road
Wheaton, Illinois 60187-8489
630.682.6000

>From the North:
     Take Naperville Road south from Roosevelt Road to East Loop Road.
     Turn left at the traffic light on East Loop Road. The road curves past a
     large apartment complex on your right. The campus is on your left about
     a block before Butterfield Road. 

>From the South:
     Take Naperville Road north from the Naperville-Lisle area. Cross
     Butterfield Road and pass the shopping center at the corner of Naperville
     and Butterfield roads. Turn right at the traffic light at East Loop Road
     and proceed past a large apartment complex on your left and a shopping
     center on your right. The campus is on your left, about a block before
     Butterfield Road. 

>From the East and West:
     Take the East-West Tollway (I-88) and exit northbound at Naperville
     Road and follow the directions above. If coming from the North-South
     Tollway (I-355), exit westbound at Butterfield Road and proceed to East
     Loop Road. Make a right turn at East Loop Road; the campus is on your
     right after about about a block. 

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Dan Szkola              EMail: dszkola@niu.edu    
Systems Programmer      Northern Illinois University

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