How do I identify what data to replicate and what data to simply backup?
This is determined by the value of the data to your organization or the impact of losing access to this data. Typically, from a business continuity perspective, the best way to establish the value is through what we call a “business impact analysis,” which actually measures the impact of an outage on your revenue stream or organization from a public perception point of view. We start with your business processes and look at what applications these business processes depend on; then move down the chain. Once we’ve identified the applications and your dependency, we can start categorizing the data and its importance and impact to the organization from a revenue perspective.
