Surviving A Data Center Flood: Real Recovery Stories
The Backup Wrap-Up, Monday, December 9th, 2024
Get ready for one of the most compelling disaster recovery stories we've ever featured on the Backup Wrap-up. (It's a very popular episode from a few years ago.)
A veteran backup administrator shares his firsthand experience of what happened when a hurricane hit their island data center, leading to a massive flooding event that took out both their primary facility and their Iron Mountain storage location.
Our guest takes us through the three-week recovery process, sharing candid details about replicating between data centers, managing petabytes of data, and dealing with the unexpected challenges that arose during the restore process.