RE: disaster plan for small shops

[Al Barsa <barsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

A good generator solution (if you're not in an area prone to earthquakes)
is natural gas.  You do not need a fuel tank, and there's typically lots of
supply.  It doesn't need repeated testing like an oil solution, and a
natural gas generator can be up to speed in typically less than a minute.
This begs the bigger discussion, of "What had to be up", which means how
big is the generator.

Al

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> Sure a hot site would keep you running if a hurricane takes
> out the building.  But if the client's a manufacturer, and
> the manufacturing facilities are wiped out does it really
> matter if the computers can still run?

> At minimum, I'd consider a generator for your client.  Then
> at least power outages, no matter what the cause, would be
> simply an inconvenience instead of a disaster.

Bingo.  I'm a small shop and the DR costs are more than we want to pay.  We
have a cold storage facility, ie think "food supply".  If there is a power
outage, we are rather high on the list.  We rented a HUGE generator in 1965
during the Palm Sunday tornadoes (before my time).  It takes on he$$ of a
lot of power to keep refrigeration units running.  Those kind of generators
aren't just sitting around.

But if the food's thawing out, why is it critical that the computers be up?

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Jeff Crosby
Dilgard Frozen Foods, Inc.
P.O. Box 13369
Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369
260-422-7531

The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily the opinion of my
company.  Unless I say so.



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