What is your opinion on what steps you would take to handle the Oracle disaster recovery plan (DRP) project?
Disaster recovery plans start with risk assessment. You need to identify all the risks that your data center faces and then determine the business impact should that risk become an event. For instance, typical risks that are considered are: loss of a disk drive, loss of a server, complete loss of your data center, etc. Once you have identified the risks you face and quantified the impact to your business, then you can begin to start planning for those disasters.
What happens if you lose a disk drive? Your disaster plan should give details on how to recover from that event. For instance, you may pull a spare drive off the shelf and restore the database from a backup. This means you have to have that spare drive on the shelf. The more detailed your risk assessment, the more detailed your disaster recovery plan will be.
In how many ways can we design and implement a disaster recovery plan for Oracle?
There are many ways to handle your disasters. You’ll have to look at the risks you face. Each risk should have a solution. In some cases, multiple risks have the same solution.
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