[cvsnt] [OT] disaster recovery (was RE: Updating CVS Server)

[Tony Hoyle]

>>From: David Somers
>>last time I wrote a paper on disaster recovery I scared
>>the crap out of the managers with all the scenarios I came up 
>>with they
>>didn't dare show it to the clients (e.g. they forgot that 
>>when your data
>>lines get severed - not uncommon when the builders are 
>>digging up the road
>>outside your office - that having a separate lines coming in over a
>>different physical route suddenly doesn't sound so stupid. 
> 
When the phones went down for a week in Manchester (fire in the main 
tunnel where all the telecoms routes through) the call centres with a 
proper contingency plan survived - they just moved that day into a new 
rented office outside the affected area and continued working.

I believe some of those without such a plan went bust.  At the very 
least it cost them a weeks business (and probably not a few contracts).

Tony