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An independent survey, commissioned by Hitachi Data Systems and carried out by Vanson Bourne, has looked at the data storage practices of 950 companies across various EMEA countries.
Top concerns
Respondents were asked to list the three areas which caused them the greatest concern with regards to data management. ‘Managing the explosion of storage growth’ was the greatest concern, with 61 percent of people listing this issue. This was followed by compliance regulations i.e. policy guidelines, legislative requirements (46 percent); data availability (45 percent); reducing operational cost (45 percent); outsourcing (41 percent) and backup and disaster recovery (34 percent). Respondents in Russia were the most concerned about backup and disaster recovery (50 percent), followed by respondents in Switzerland (42 percent) and Poland (42 percent). UK respondents were the least worried about this issue, with only 19 percent stating that this was a current concern.
Disaster recovery and business continuity testing
The survey asked respondents ‘When was your disaster recovery/business continuity strategy last tested?’ The UK came bottom of the league in this area. Overall 40 percent of respondents had tested their business continuity and/or disaster recovery strategy within the past three months; however only 7 percent of UK respondents had done this. The next lowest was Norway and the Benelux region, both at 30 percent. Austria and the Czech Republic were the best performers; with 54 percent of people saying that testing had been carried out in the past three months.
Main disaster recovery methods
Offsite tape backup remains the main disaster recovery method, with 52 percent of respondents focussing on this. Utilisation of a third party disaster recovery site was the second most popular method (21 percent) followed by use of a company-owned disaster recovery site (19 percent). The UK was the only exception in this area, with third party disaster recovery site usage being the top method (37 percent) followed by offsite tape backup (24 percent). Israel is the greatest user of offsite tape backup (86 percent) followed by UAE (72 percent).
The top five countries in terms of third party disaster recovery site usage were:
1) UK : 37 percent
2) Czech Republic: 34 percent
3) Germany : 27 percent
4) Norway: 24 percent
5) Switzerland, Finland 22 percent.
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•Date: 27th April 2007 • Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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