This week I will be....

[fullyautomatix]

Makes a change from yet another thread moaning about the client or moaning about the amount of JSA you are entitled to.

[sal]

DR = Disaster Recovery

You know - they turn up in a truck with servers in etc. and its used in the event of a disaster.

Sounds like a scene from Doomsday prepers

I'm curious how is the truck connected to the internet and how is the security managed...

The whole notion seems like a brainchild of a mad CIO

[vetran]

The whole notion seems like a brainchild of a mad CIO

OSQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4CGzeUW7To

great film, poor acting totally eclipsed by the sequel which brought more wood into the profession than Cuprinol.

[vwdan]

Sounds like a scene from Doomsday prepers

I'm curious how is the truck connected to the internet and how is the security managed...

The whole notion seems like a brainchild of a mad CIO

Joking aside, not really. It's all a cost/reward calculation isn't it, and we know nothing of PC's client. For example, many years ago, I got the chance to play with a West Midlands Ambulance Service "MEOC" unit which is a "Mobile Emergency Operations Centre" which, well, kinda does what it says on the tin. They use them for major incidents or if the emergency centre needs evacuating, is damaged, etc etc.

And HP have been doing ISO container based DC solutions for ages. Not their primary intention, I don't think, but nothing stopping you from having one on standby ready to be chucked on the back of a truck.

[Pondlife]

You're all missing the point.

Sending PC out to go and sit in a carpark, locked in a truck with free wifi is HOW they intend to recover from the disaster.

[vetran]

You're all missing the point.

Sending PC out to go and sit in a carpark, locked in a truck with free wifi is HOW they intend to recover from the disaster.

meow!

[FiveTimes]

If you need a DR solution then there is only one person capable. Better call SY01 !

[Bunk]

If you need a DR solution then there is only one person capable. Better call SY01 !

Surely you only call him if you want to test your DR solution?

[vetran]

If you need to talk about a DR solution but never put it into practice then there is only one person capable. Better call SY01 !

FTFY

[sal]

Joking aside, not really. It's all a cost/reward calculation isn't it, and we know nothing of PC's client. For example, many years ago, I got the chance to play with a West Midlands Ambulance Service "MEOC" unit which is a "Mobile Emergency Operations Centre" which, well, kinda does what it says on the tin. They use them for major incidents or if the emergency centre needs evacuating, is damaged, etc etc.

And HP have been doing ISO container based DC solutions for ages. Not their primary intention, I don't think, but nothing stopping you from having one on standby ready to be chucked on the back of a truck.

HP container solution is a PR stunt. There is a reason for using DC to host your IT infrastructure - resilience, connectivity, security, etc. all of them are lacking in the truck solution. Normally a DR site contains the most important portion of the company data, how do you secure that in a truck sitting in a parking lot? How do you refresh it without being connected to a fast broadband? In the event of disaster how do you consume the data without fast broadband? I can't see a single advantage of such solution over a DR site in a DC on the other side of the planet. Maybe i'm missing something.