Hello,
I had 3 physical servers (Windows 2008R2) that connected to SAN storage for data access. The OS "C" drive is on physical server while the data "D" and "E" drive are pointing to the storage. I do have backup running everyday to backup a complete system for C, D and E drives.
To complied with our IT policy and auditors, twice a year, I did performed a system restored from the backup to our test environment to make sure the backup is good. I also had users sign-off to confirmed that all the data are corrected and up to date (to the time of backup)
Today, I loss all the data in the storage due to SAN configuration got "factory reset". (note: all data loss is about 600GB)
Our IT goal is to make all 3 server up and running as soon as possible.
Here come with the decision between 2 options:
* Buying new "hardware" and "software"
* Consultant fee
* 5 days down time
Since we only lost the data and there is no issue with our hardware, does it make sense for consultant purchase all kind of hardware, software and 5 days downtime? or should I just perform a system restore from our backup?
Thank you in advance
Key
I had 3 physical servers (Windows 2008R2) that connected to SAN storage for data access. The OS "C" drive is on physical server while the data "D" and "E" drive are pointing to the storage. I do have backup running everyday to backup a complete system for C, D and E drives.
To complied with our IT policy and auditors, twice a year, I did performed a system restored from the backup to our test environment to make sure the backup is good. I also had users sign-off to confirmed that all the data are corrected and up to date (to the time of backup)
Today, I loss all the data in the storage due to SAN configuration got "factory reset". (note: all data loss is about 600GB)
Our IT goal is to make all 3 server up and running as soon as possible.
Here come with the decision between 2 options:
- Restore the servers from backup according our IT procedure (that we performed twice a year) which can bring all the servers up and running for less than 12 hours.
- Got a quote from consultant that cost $300K ($300000) for:
* Buying new "hardware" and "software"
* Consultant fee
* 5 days down time
Since we only lost the data and there is no issue with our hardware, does it make sense for consultant purchase all kind of hardware, software and 5 days downtime? or should I just perform a system restore from our backup?
Thank you in advance
Key