ABSTRACT
This chapter introduces data center recovery plan (DCRP) concepts and starts a three-part series on data center recovery planning. It introduces: the definition of data center recovery planning and how it differs from business resumption planning, the history of data center recovery planning, and development assumptions. A DCRP consists of documented plans and procedures that will be employed by key data center personnel following a disaster for the express purpose of resuming data center operations in an organized and timely manner. The DCRP contains the recovery responsibilities for data center personnel primarily, but it also includes information as to the support roles of both the executive management and the staff departments. The staff departments include corporate security, building services/engineering, public relations, human resources, insurance, legal, and purchasing. They are directly involved in assisting the data center during the recovery operation.
