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Hi there,
Did you ever wonder how your colleagues would act during an IT crisis?
Would they feel lost or would they handle downtime elegantly and professionally?
Double-Take Software wants to find out how IT professionals handle their disaster recovery scenarios; we'd like you to take a few minutes of your time to fill in this survey. You can fill in the form anonymously if you wish. However Double-Take Software will be making a draw for the 20 first participants that do fill in their names. Fill in the form to win a Nintendo Wii console. The company will publish the results of the survey later this year so you will be able to read if EMEA IT professionals are crash test dummies or IT stars.
Many thanks,
The Double-Take Software team
1. What is the first thing you do when you arrive at work?
Grab a cup of coffee
Check the state of the servers first to make sure my colleagues are able to work
Visit my favourite websites before starting with my real work
2. What do you do when you experience downtime?
Wait until everything is spontaneously up and running again
Check if my disaster recovery plan worked, as it should have
Feeling a bit uneasy as it is my job to make sure the infrastructure works properly
3. What is often the reason for this downtime?
Software malfunction
Hardware malfunction
The disaster recovery plan did not work
Other:
4. If a crash occurs, how long does it take to recover the data?
I have no idea
15 minutes
24 hours
2 days or more
5. How often do you test your backup/ restore solution?
On a daily basis
Once a month
1 to 3 times a year
Never
6. How often do you upgrade your infrastructure?
Never
Once a month
Several times a year
When a new software upgrade is available
7. How do you handle these updates?
Updating the environment is outsourced
In a test environment
In my own server environment
I don't do any update
8. Do you have a disaster recovery plan for your server/ data/ applications in place?
Yes, physical backup
Yes, virtual backup
Yes, tape backup
No
9. How often do you test the disaster recovery plan?
On a daily basis
Once a month
1 to 3 times a year
Never
10. Who is responsible for disaster recovery within your company?
Someone who does not have an IT position
The IT department
I have no idea
11. What is your position within the company?
senior manager
manager
staff member
IT department member
Other:
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