{"id":30700,"date":"2020-06-02T02:03:10","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T02:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cleverfiles.com\/howto\/?p=30700"},"modified":"2020-06-02T02:03:10","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T02:03:10","slug":"disaster-recovery-planning-to-help-to-avoid-data-loss-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cleverfiles.com\/howto\/disaster-recovery-during-lockdown.html","title":{"rendered":"Disaster Recovery Planning to Help to Avoid Data Loss in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

The economic cost of the ongoing coronavirus lockdown in countries around the world keeps on rising, and the United Nations estimates that it could reach <\/strong><\/span>$1 trillion<\/a><\/strong> globally<\/strong> during 2020 alone. <\/span><\/p>\r\n

Naturally, many businesses and individuals alike are looking for ways to offset the cost of the pandemic<\/strong>. While some have embraced telecommuting and online sales, others are using their unplanned time off to catch up with tasks that are difficult to get done during regular business hours.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

<\/span>Now Is the Time to Perfect Data Recovery<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\r\n

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One such task is business disaster recovery planning and testing<\/strong>. The goal of disaster recovery is to restore as much data as possible in the event of a natural disaster, critical system failure, or cyberattack.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Disaster recovery considers data to be essential for the operation of modern businesses and their employees. Its loss could halt all operations or even lead to the closure of the company. In fact, it\u2019s known that <\/span>93% of companies<\/span><\/a> that suffer a major data disaster are out of business within one year<\/strong> unless they have a sound disaster recovery strategy in place.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Unfortunately, most businesses and individuals don\u2019t think about data recovery until it\u2019s too late. The problem with this mentality is that the clock starts ticking as soon as data loss occurs<\/strong>. If you take too much time to recover your data because you don\u2019t have a reliable data recovery solution ready, you might not be able to recover all important data.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Even if you are able to recover all important data after hours and days of trying, the cost of downtime might turn out to be devastating.<\/strong> According to American cybersecurity and data backup company <\/span>Datto<\/span><\/a>, an hour of downtime costs on average $8,000 for a small company, $74,000 for a medium company, and $700,000 for a large enterprise.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Instead of ignoring data loss as something that may or may not happen in the future and potentially becoming part of gloomy <\/span>disaster recovery statistics<\/span><\/a>, turn the ongoing coronavirus lockdown into an opportunity to perfect your disaster recovery strategy<\/strong> and equip yourself with the right tool so that you\u2019re always ready to act and prevent a bad situation from becoming a disaster.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

<\/span>Selecting Data Recovery Software<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\r\n

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Data recovery software can be a priceless tool<\/strong>, but only if you select one that can reliably recover your data without causing more harm than good. Unfortunately, the market is flooded with subpar data recovery products developed by opportunistic companies and semi-professional developers whose only motivation is profit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Here\u2019s what you should consider when selecting data recovery software:<\/span><\/p>\r\n