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Abeer Anwar

1. FORM # 27

2. DEPARTMENT NAME: Market Research and Analysis

3. DOCUMENT THE RTO FOR WORK AREA RECOVERY. To gather the Work

Area Recovery Requirements for your department in your questionnaire, use the

information in Question #6 and NOT in #1.

Required Equipment

# of Employees Required

RTO

PC’s on LAN

1 week

Telephones

1 week

Fax Machines

1 week

Laser Printer

1 week

Copier

1 week

I. How many seats do you need? What is the RTO for when you first need

seats? Make sure that your work area recovery facility can accommodate the # of

seats needed at the 1-month period.

There are 4 seats needed for this department. If there is a disaster to occur, the

RTO will be 1 week for the department to start running again. For a period of 1-

month, this departments needs to accommodate for a number of 4 seats.

4. CHOOSE THE WORK AREA RECOVERY STRATEGY AND DOCUMENT THE

NAME OF THE STRATEGY.

The recommended work area recovery strategy is for the client to relocate to a vendor

facility using an external strategy.

5. DESCRIBE YOUR STRATEGY BY DOCUMENTING THE FOLLOWING:

I. How Strategy Will Work: Describe how your strategy will work in the company’s

environment.

The strategy being used is relocation to a vendor facility. This strategy allows for the company to

agree on a contract with the vendor. This is a way to assure that the area will be available in case

of a disaster. Although, the company might not be guaranteed a specific location of the facility.

They will assign any facility at the time of disaster. Vendors can sometimes provide trailers at

the alternate site which can take a minimum RTO of 1 day. Also, the PCs need to be imaged

before using and phones need to be activated. If the company wants to, they can hire the vendor

to do this for additional charge. It should be mentioned in the contract. The vendors are

important for providing tables, chairs, laser printers, PC’s, phones, conference rooms, fax

machines, copiers, reception area, LAN servers for office/email applications, and external

custom applications. If the vendor is notified before, they can provide specific supplies and

equipment. The company should make sure that each work area has all equipment needed to

work. The company will pay a monthly fee of $25-35 for each employee seat. In this case, it is 4

seats. This strategy can help the company retain a low RTO.

II. Vendor/Internal Strategy: Document if you will use a vendor facility (external

strategy) to house your equipment or one of your internal locations (the latter is an

internal strategy). (Remember that this Company has multiple facilities in which you

may locate your hardware for your strategy if you choose an INTERNAL location.

NOTE: If you choose one of these facilities, you must DOCUMENT which facility

you will use and WHY you selected it.)

An external strategy is recommended for the work area recovery strategy.

III. Justify Vendor/Internal Strategy: Also, explain why you are selecting an internal or

external location, which means provide detailed justification.

An external strategy is recommended because it helps obtain required equipment at the remote

location at the time of disaster. This helps retain a low RTO. If the internal strategy was used, it

would require for the company to prepare equipment and systems before the time of disaster.

When using the external strategy, the vendor helps with PC’s being imagined, with additional

costs. This helps the company from wasting any time needed to get back online. The external

strategy is also recommended because just in case the vendor has a facility location far away,

having remote backup allows a reduction in travel time and cost.

6. EVALUATE STRATEGIES NOT RECOMMENDED AND STATE WHY

INAPPROPRIATE:

I. Evaluate Each Strategy NOT Recommended: Document the following for

each strategy NOT recommended:

The following strategies were not recommended.

• Relocate to an internal alternate facility at your company:

o Relocation to one of the company’s alternate facility that is usually 75-100 miles

from the primary site.

o This strategy doesn’t require a monthly payment for the vendor’s facility.

o This strategy requires to have space reserved and available in the alternate

facility. If it’s not, a public space can be used. Sometimes they might allow other

departments to make room or move out depending on their RTO processes.

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Homework #4 Abeer Anwar 1. FORM # 27 2. DEPARTMENT NAME: Market Research and Analysis 3. DOCUMENT THE RTO FOR WORK AREA RECOVERY. To gather the Work Area Recovery Requirements for your department in your questionnaire, use the information in Question #6 and NOT in #1. Required Equipment PC’s on LAN Telephones Fax Machines Laser Printer Copier I. # of Employees Required 4 4 4 4 4 RTO 1 week 1 week 1 week 1 week 1 week How many seats do you need? What is the RTO for when you first need seats? Make sure that your work area recovery facility can accommodate the # of seats needed at the 1-month period. There are 4 seats needed for this department. If there is a disaster to occur, the RTO will be 1 week for the department to start running again. For a period of 1month, this departments needs to accommodate for a number of 4 seats. 4. CHOOSE THE WORK AREA RECOVERY STRATEGY AND DOCUMENT THE NAME OF THE STRATEGY. The recommended work area recovery strategy is for the client to relocate to a vendor facility using an external strategy. 5. DESCRIBE YOUR STRATEGY BY DOCUMENTING THE FOLLOWING: I. How Strategy Will Work: Describe how your strategy will work in the company’s environment. The strategy being used is relocation to a vendor facility. This strategy allows for the company to agree on a contract with the vendor. This is a way to assure that the area will be available in case of a disaster. Although, the company might not be guaranteed a specific location of the facility. ...
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