Planning a disaster recovery solution
Applies To: Forefront Client Security
It is important to understand how backup and recovery of your Client Security deployment fits with the needs of your organization and the other software applications that you deploy.
The technologies that you use for fault tolerance and recoverability vary according to the needs of your organization. You must compare the cost of downtime to the cost of recovery. You should also account for the ease with which lost data can be replaced in a variety of failure scenarios.
Planning a disaster recovery solution involves the following steps:
Managing risk
Determining cost of availability
Determining acceptable downtime
Determining return on investment
This section provides information about each of these steps.