What is the recommended process for disaster recovery?
A. Backup of the image and file data occurs in somewhat “real time” as a result of the generation of archive sets via CD, DVD, tape or network storage. The RICAR MS/SQL Server Database should be backed-up daily from either an internal tape drive that resides on the server or a corporate back-up solution. The backup is normally scheduled to run Daily at 12:00 A.M. (Midnight) via a SQL SERVER Scheduled Task. This can be done without taking the database engine off-line. It is recommended that separate tapes, i.e. Monday, Tuesday, etc., be maintained and at least one tape kept in an off-site storage for Disaster Recovery (DR). RICAR can also work with your corporate third-party back-up software (i.e., Veritas) to facilitate database back-up(s). The image data is also archived off to CD-ROM, DVD, tape or redundant network storage periodically, which provides back up for image data and DR. The system is completely recoverable in case of unforeseeable total database loss to the point of the l
