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Catastrophic Events

So far, we have focused on the major threat to your data—routine losses due to equipment failure or operator error—and on the processes common to all backup and recovery efforts. But there are some additional considerations when you are planning your organization’s recovery from a major catastrophe.

A catastrophe is a natural or man-made disaster, such as a fire or flood that results in the loss of multiple hosts, a data center, or an entire network, including locally stored backup media and hardware. To handle an extreme emergency, you must provide secure, off-site storage for some of your backup media, and you must keep the off-site data current.