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Jul 10 2008   4:00AM GMT

Overhead: The cost of downtime



Posted by: Margaret Rouse
Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery
vassrinivasan.gif The Meta Group reports that the downtime cost for each company in the Energy Industry is $2.8 million/hour; in the Telecom Industry $2.0 million/hour; and for Financial Institutions, $1.4 million/hour.

Dr. Vas Srinivasan, Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity Planning: Not Just IT’s Job

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Feb 11 2008   1:35PM GMT

Overheard:Blade servers good for disaster recovery plans



Posted by: Margaret Rouse
Technology, Disaster Recovery, Blade servers
anne_skamarock.gif Since blade servers are densely packed, the companies offering blade chassis solutions have put a great deal of time and effort into creating highly efficient power distribution systems and cooling capabilities within the chassis. On average, a blade chassis uses 30% less power than the same number of 1U or 2U servers. Each watt saved in power equals a watt of cooling saved.

Anne Skamarock, Blade servers well-suited for disaster recovery plans
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Dec 9 2007   9:24PM GMT

Overheard: Sharepoint disaster recovery



Posted by: Margaret Rouse
Disaster Recovery, SharePoint
todd-klindt.jpg There are many disasters that can befall a SharePoint environment. Servers can burst into flames or the CEO can delete a folder full of important documents from his Blackberry.

Todd Klindt, Free Disaster Recovery options for SharePoint 
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