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Journal ArticleDOI
TL;DR: The project team used a mathematical analysis tool called the covering location model in a two-stage approach to find, recommend, and have accepted DRC locations that provided significant improvements to the original FEMA location criteria, while maintaining acceptable travel distances to the nearest DRC.
Abstract: In 2001, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) required every Florida county to identify potential locations of disaster recovery centers (DRCs). The DRCs are to be opened and staffed by FEMA personnel, subsequent to any declared disaster. The Emergency Management Division of the Alachua County Department of Fire/Rescue Services sponsored a project to identify potential DRC sites. The project team used a mathematical analysis tool called the covering location model in a two-stage approach to find, recommend, and have accepted DRC locations. The "stage 1" approach gave three idealized DRC locations requiring each residence in the county to be within 20 miles of the closest DRC. Next, the team relaxed the 20-mile requirement and identified locations close to the "stage 1" locations that also satisfied evaluation criteria not included in stage 1. The "stage 2" results provided significant improvements to the original FEMA location criteria, while maintaining acceptable travel distances to the nearest DRC.

91 citations



Patent
03 Oct 2005
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a system and method for management of recovery time objective (RTO) of a business continuity or disaster recovery solution, which comprises a management server logically coupled with at least a first computer, at least another computer, and a network coupling the first and the second computers.
Abstract: The present invention provides a system and method for management of Recovery Time Objective (RTO) of a business continuity or disaster recovery solution. The system comprises a management server logically coupled with at least a first computer, at least a second computer, and a network coupling the first and the second computers. The first and second computers host at least one continuously available application, at least one data protection scheme for replicating the application data and at least one operating system; the application data being periodically replicated from the first computer to at least the second computer. The system manages RTO by inputting an RTO value for the solution, calculating a real time RTO value for the solution, and making the real time RTO value less than or equal to the input RTO value.

81 citations


Journal ArticleDOI
TL;DR: To promote disaster recovery, practitioners are advised to assess community needs early and often and provide easily accessible services and work collaboratively and proactively to reduce stigma and mistrust and engage minorities in care.
Abstract: Findings from research on psychiatric epidemiology, disaster effects, discrepancies in service use, and cross-cultural psychology are reviewed to generate guidelines for culturally responsive postdisaster interventions. Ethnicity and culture influence mental health care at various points: on need for help; on availability and accessibility of help; on help-seeking comfort (stigma, mistrust), and on the probability that help is provided appropriately. There are aspects of disaster mental health practice that may ameliorate many of barriers that contribute to ethnic disparities in service use. It is proposed that interventions should give greater attention to socially engaged emotions and functioning. To promote disaster recovery, practitioners are advised to: assess community needs early and often; provide easily accessible services; work collaboratively and proactively to reduce stigma and mistrust and engage minorities in care; validate and normalize distress and help-seeking; value interdependence as well as independence as an appropriate developmental goal; promote community action; and advocate for, facilitate, or conduct treatment and evaluation research. Notwithstanding the pain and stress they cause, disasters create opportunities to de-stigmatize mental health needs and build trust between providers and minority communities.

80 citations


Journal ArticleDOI
TL;DR: Boeing, a global company that was affected in a number of unexpected ways, embarked on an approach that separated, yet integrated the disaster preparedness community with the business community as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Traditionally, facilities professionals are responsible for maintaining business operations after a disaster by safeguarding people and the physical infrastructure. While most organisations equate disaster preparedness to business continuity, the aftermath of 9/11 brought forth some startling realisations about business survival and business crisis. Boeing, a global company that was affected in a number of unexpected ways, embarked on an approach that separated, yet integrated the Disaster Preparedness Community with the Business Community. The result was a Business Continuity Model that fostered further development of robust Business Continuity Plans to serve employees, customers, stakeholders and community. Facilities professionals, equipped with an understanding of today’s business crisis and the Business Continuity Model, can serve as a partner to their Business Continuity Representative to educate, develop and execute a Business Continuity Plan that ensures business continuance through any unforeseen event.

63 citations


Journal Article
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed an integrated regional disaster reduction paradigm which involves governments, enterprises, and communities, and discussed functioning mechanism of resilience in the disaster process, then analyzed the feedback relationship between regional development and security construction.
Abstract: The author published 3 papers on theory and practice of disaster research in 1991,1995,and 2001.In these papers,the author discussed nature and dynamic mechanism of disaster system.Based on these 3 papers,this paper ameliorates the structure and function system of disaster system from the perspective of integrated disaster risk management,and discusses functioning mechanism of resilience in the disaster process,then analyzes the feedback relationship between regional development and security construction,finally establishes a risk governance mode for integrated regional disaster reduction.In this mode,the author puts forwards an integrated regional disaster reduction paradigm which involves governments,enterprises,and communities.There are obvious difference between vulnerability and resilience in the forming process of disaster loss.Vulnerability is a state variable of regional disaster system,it is decided by the reciprocity among hazard,hazard affected bodies,and hazard-formative environment,mainly depends on regional economy and security construction.While resilience is the state variable for regional recovery,reconstruction after the disaster,it relies on risk governance ability of integrated disaster,invest of governments and enterprises,and societal succor.Regional security level has close relationship with the spatiotemporal pattern of land use and industrial structure.So the adjustment of spatiotemporal pattern of land use and industrial structure,such as establishment of red line areas——high risk areas,is a promising measure to help the establishment of sustainable integrated disaster reduction paradigm.Considering the interaction rule in disaster chains,characteristics of the structure and functions of disaster system,the integrated regional disaster reduction paradigm put forward in this paper is a three-dimensional system,which includes vertical,horizontal,and institutional harmonization. In order to improve the regional disaster reduction ability in the regional development process,and finally favor sustainable development,the paradigm is guided by governments,operated by enterprises,and participated by communities.

52 citations


Patent
Daniel Quintiliano1
30 Nov 2005
TL;DR: In this article, a method and system for performing a failover process on a production server is presented, where a source server and disaster recovery server are assigned indicators when operating in failover mode.
Abstract: A method and system for performing a failover process on a production server. A source server and disaster recovery server are assigned indicators when operating in failover mode. A version match is performed to validate that the Exchange server applications and the storage area network vendor resources are compatible for the source and disaster recovery servers. Thereafter, multiple mailbox stores are dismounted on the source mailbox server. In turn, multiple databases and multiple transaction log drives are dismounted. After this step, drives are mounted in the disaster recovery location that are mirrors of the source server database and transaction log drives. After mounting, an Exchange System Attendant resource is created or Exchange and user attributes are updated in Active Directory. Finally, Exchange services are started and mailbox stores are mounted on the disaster recovery server.

50 citations


01 Apr 2005
TL;DR: The ProVention Consortium five-country review of lessons learned from recovery after major natural disasters, analyzed the strengths and weaknesses of recovery assistance from governments, donors, and civil society after the disasters occurred as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: This report is part of a ProVention Consortium five-country review of lessons learned from recovery after major natural disasters, analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of recovery assistance from governments, donors, and civil society after the disasters occurred Mozambique offers an example of a post-conflict country faced with major natural disasters It also offers an example of recovery in an extremely poor, and primarily subsistence livelihood population, but in a country favored by donors, and receiving substantial amounts of both relief and recovery assistance The review provides an overview of the recovery processes, and highlights livelihoods and agriculture Mozambique's recovery from the 2000 and 2001 floods took place in the context of the country's wider reconstruction and development following the end of the war in 1992 The 1999 National Policy on Disaster Management marked a shift from a reactive to a proactive approach to disaster management aimed at developing a culture of prevention The government of Mozambique's objectives and strategies for recovery after both the 2000 and 2001 floods were similar They aimed to move as quickly as possible from the relief mode to a recovery agenda The overall assessments of recovery needs were made rapidly after the floods by the Bank, and the government in order to shift from emergency relief, towards preparing for a donor conference Most post-flood recovery was undertaken within the framework of existing development programs Looking at resources, the report notices that in spite of growing concern about levels of corruption in Mozambique, there do not appear to have been any major diversions of recovery funds, and generally donors have been satisfied with the use of funds Concerning impacts and livelihoods, the report outlines that the community survey found that a very positive feature of Mozambique's recovery work has been the rehabilitation and reconstruction of damaged infrastructure Conclusions and lessons learned suggest the Disaster Management Technical Council should develop good practice guidelines and codes for recovery work that can, in the future, inform contingency planning as well as disaster recovery work These could include: a) Good practice in terms of intensive labor-based infrastructure works for disaster mitigation; b) where possible, the use of local, rather than international contractors in reconstruction programs; c) developing good practice in gender equality approaches; d) developing good practice in relation to the recovery of complex livelihoods; e) appropriate seeds and tools policies; f) cash compensation schemes, building on the experience of the USAID resettlement grant scheme; g) land tenure issues in relation to resettlement; and, h) housing standards

47 citations


Tony Beck1
01 Apr 2005
TL;DR: The work in this paper summarizes the findings of a country case study on Bangladesh, which is part of a ProVention Consortium initiative aimed at learning lessons from recovery efforts following major natural disasters.
Abstract: This report summarizes the findings of a country case study on Bangladesh, which is part of a ProVention Consortium initiative aimed at learning lessons from recovery efforts following major natural disasters. The ProVention Consortium is an international network of public, private, non-governmental, and academic organizations, dedicated in reducing the impacts of disasters in developing countries. The activity was managed by the Bank, and benefited from the guidance and conceptual inputs of a number of ProVention partners. Bangladesh was selected as a case study, given it is representative of a predominantly agricultural developing country, with high levels of rural poverty; in addition, it is extremely susceptible to natural hazards, especially floods. A particular focus of this study has been on the recovery of poorer households, as these households are usually most in need of external support following major natural disasters. This report focuses on lessons from the recovery period following the 1998 floods. Bangladesh is a country highly vulnerable to a number of hazards, including cyclones, droughts, flooding and earthquakes. Furthermore, the report also highlights the severe flooding experienced during the 2004 monsoon season, and the December 26, 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean that also affected Bangladesh's coastline. As indicated in this study, the impacts of these events suggest that several factors continue to contribute to the country's vulnerability to disasters, including rapid urbanization, population growth, inadequate maintenance of infrastructure systems, and poor environmental management. Main lessons learned from this study address policy and planning, and best ways to supporting livelihoods. Greater attention needs to be paid to the effect of recovery efforts on different groups among the poor, including female-headed households. Some of the areas that need greater attention are: the effects of food imports and agricultural credit on agricultural labor wage rates; the impact of infrastructure interventions on livelihoods; and the impact on gender inequality.

44 citations


Journal ArticleDOI
TL;DR: In this paper, a quality analysis of Information Technology Service Level Management (ITSLM) for the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) of the Government of the District of Columbia is presented.
Abstract: During the period January through May 2003 ten teams of student consultants from the Quality Enhancement Systems & Teams (QUEST) Interdisciplinary Honors Program, the Robert H. Smith School of Business and the A. James Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland conducted a quality analysis of Information Technology Service Level Management (ITSLM) for the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) of the Government of the District of Columbia. OCTO is largely funded by the United States Congress and is the key IT provider for various public sector agencies in Washington, DC including Metropolitan Police, the Department of Motor Vehicles, Fire & Rescue, Public Works, and DC Public Schools. Five areas of ITSLM were examined through two lenses with a student consulting team assigned to each area and lens. These areas of ITSLM were Availability Management, Capacity Management, Financial Management, Service Continuity, and Service Level Management with Service Continuity essentially referring to “disaster recovery”. The two lenses were Six Sigma Strategies & Methods and Business Excellence. Six Sigma is a highly structured approach to process improvement and design while Business Excellence holds to the principles and criteria that are foundational to various international quality awards such as America’s Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award or the European Quality Award. In either case, at its most fundamental level, the goal is to advance a public or private sector entity on the path to excellence. While analysis indicated that OCTO is on the path toward making Washington, DC the “City of Access”, a number of strategic and tactical improvement suggestions were identified that will further enable OCTO in this endeavor. Presented herein is are selected results from applying the two approaches to performance improvement. In all, the results are synergistic, suggesting that the two lenses can be coordinated to accomplish more in conjunction than can either employed in isolation. Projections by OCTO of potential cost-savings resulting from application of selected suggestions range from $2 million to $3 million USD.

43 citations


Journal ArticleDOI
TL;DR: Disaster management teams are critical to the mass casualty incident response given the complexity of today's disaster threats, and current disaster planning and response emphasizes the need for an all-hazards approach.
Abstract: PURPOSE OF REVIEW: All disasters, regardless of cause, have similar medical and public health consequences. A consistent approach to disasters, based on an understanding of their common features and the response expertise they require, is becoming the accepted practice throughout the world. This strategy is called the mass casualty incident response. The complexity of today's disasters, particularly the threat of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction, has increased the need for multidisciplinary medical specialists as critical assets in disaster response. A review of the current literature emphasizes the expanding role of disaster management teams as an integral part of the mass casualty incident response. RECENT FINDINGS: The incident command system has become the accepted standard for all disaster response. Functional requirements, not titles, determine the organizational hierarchy of the Incident Command System structure. All disaster management teams must adhere to this structure to integrate successfully into the rescue effort. Increasingly, medical specialists are determining how best to incorporate their medical expertise into disaster management teams that meet the functional requirements of the incident command system. SUMMARY: Disaster management teams are critical to the mass casualty incident response given the complexity of today's disaster threats. Current disaster planning and response emphasizes the need for an all-hazards approach. Flexibility and mobility are the key assets required of all disaster management teams. Medical providers must respond to both these challenges if they are to be successful disaster team members.

Journal ArticleDOI
TL;DR: A four-step approach to social work intervention incorporating research, administrative, community organization, and clinical practice elements provides a more complete approach to disaster relief efforts.
Abstract: The recent occurrence of the tsunami in southwest Asia heightened awareness of the devastating impact of natural disasters on human lives. What makes a natural disaster so devastating? The suddenness and magnitude of the occurrence renders the areas affected by natural disasters unable to respond effectively to the emergency because the devastation exceeds the capacity of the area's resources. By definition, a natural disaster is an ecological phenomenon that occurs suddenly and is of sufficient magnitude to require external assistance (World Health Organization, 1980). Noji (2000) identified the overall objectives of a public health response to disaster management as the following: 1. Assess the needs of disaster-affected populations; 2. Match available resources to those needs; 3. Prevent further adverse health affects; implement disease control strategies for well-defined problems; 4. Evaluate the effectiveness of disaster relief programs, and improve contingency plans for various types of future disasters. (p. 21) An effective public health response to natural disasters includes individual and community interventions that incorporate clinical, research, and community organization skills. Practitioners and authors have identified disaster response as a natural practice area for social workers given the crisis intervention and clinical orientation of the profession (Newhill & Sites, 2000). Much of the professional social work literature on natural disasters emphasizes the clinical aspect of social work intervention (Cohen & Ahearn, 1980; Kreuger & Stretch, 2003; Newhill & Sites; Puig & Glynn, 2003; Shah, 1985; Spitzer & Neely, 1992). Although social workers typically respond to disaster relief through clinical interventions, research and community responses also are needed to manage the disaster. A four-step approach to social work intervention incorporating research, administrative, community organization, and clinical practice elements provides a more complete approach to disaster relief efforts. Implementation of research protocols is a critical first step in responding to a disaster. Research intervention is important initially and at the end of the disaster relief effort to assess outcomes and the effectiveness of the response. As an initial intervention, Noji (2000) proposed that in the management of disaster relief workers connect data collection and analysis to disaster relief decision-making processes. Field surveillance data collection is important to reducing adverse health and mental health conditions and to rendering more effective the overall decision-making process related to the disaster response. Rapid disaster damage assessment techniques can be used to assess damage, define the nature and extent of the health and mental health problems, identify population groups at heightened risk, identify immediate health and mental health needs, assess resource needs, locate resources to meet identified needs, and assess the effect of the response to the disaster (Toole & Tailhades, 1991; World Health Organization, 1999). A sound management and community response is critical to the disaster relief effort. These responses should include an effective disaster plan and a system of communication including information about who is responsible for what and how to communicate if power lines and phone lines are damaged (Milsten, 2000). Coordination among provider networks and a developed response for how to gain access to resources are critical also. The management and community response must address the three phases of a disaster and what responses, services, and resources will be needed at each phase. The first phase--prewarning disaster preparation--emphasizes preparing for the disaster, which includes developing, reviewing, and revising disaster plans. Communities with predeveloped disaster plans will be better prepared to respond to the disaster as it occurs. …

Patent
28 Jun 2005
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a system for backup and/or restore operation of data from a computer, where a configuration dataset and other data are stored on a first storage device and a second storage device is configured to receive write requests to save the other data files.
Abstract: Systems and methods for performing a backup and/or restore operation of data from a computer. The systems and methods provide for a computer containing a configuration dataset and other data to be saved. The configuration dataset includes one or more configuration data components examples of which include, but are not limited to, internal databases and metadata. A first storage device is configured to be communicatively coupled with the computer and configured to receive a write request to save the configuration dataset. A second storage device is configured to receive a write request to save the other data files. During recovery, the configuration dataset on the first storage device is accessed to assist in restoring the other data files from the second storage device to a recovery computer.

Journal ArticleDOI
TL;DR: The concept of workshopping a play is introduced to enable a lively discussion and deeper understanding of disaster recovery planning and to illuminate and deepen understanding of the importance of testing, evaluation, and reworking of scenarios for each potential disaster.
Abstract: Disaster recovery planning for organizations is fundamental and often urgent. Planning supports the firm’s ability to recover the core business functionality of its software, data, and systems after the occurrence of a natural or man-made disaster. Organizations must take steps to protect their software, systems and data backups from natural disasters, power outages, and even terrorist attacks. However the issue of disaster recovery is often awash in checklists or marooned in mundane statistics. Such sterile approaches tend to lead key managers, CEOs, and CIOs to relegate disaster recovery planning to a lower priority when they become overwhelmed with planning minutiae or bored with staid presentations. This paper introduces a theatre metaphor to enable a lively discussion and deeper understanding of disaster recovery planning. Specifically, we introduce the concept of workshopping a play. We explore this new approach from the world of theatrical productions to illuminate and deepen understanding of the importance of testing, evaluation, and reworking of scenarios for each potential disaster.

Proceedings ArticleDOI
27 Nov 2005
TL;DR: This model has less subjective parameter and can evaluate disaster recovery planning objectively and quantitatively and selects the best set of sub plans.
Abstract: It is crucial for highly security-critical information systems to accurately control the disaster recovery activities. Using optimization theory, we present a disaster recovery planning mathematical model. The model uses mathematical method to express diverse entities in information and disaster recovery system such as applications, facilities, resources, sub disaster recovery plans, budget, etc. It classifies various resources according to their utilization and payment, and identifies the significance of applications and the conflicts among sub disaster recovery plans. Through expressing relationships among applications, facilities, resources and sub plans, this model selects the best set of sub plans. This model has less subjective parameter and can evaluate disaster recovery planning objectively and quantitatively.

Patent
17 Aug 2005
TL;DR: In this article, a backup storage device and a configuration storage device are communicatively coupled to a computer to perform backup and/or restore operation of data from a computer for operating systems providing physical storage recovery methods.
Abstract: Methods for performing a backup and/or restore operation of data from a computer for operating systems providing physical storage recovery methods. To perform a restore operation, a backup storage device and a configuration storage device are communicatively coupled to a computer. Physical storage recovery data can be stored on the configuration storage device which can be used to reconfigure the storage medium of the recovery computer. One or more configuration data components are read from the configuration storage device to the computer to guide the restoration of the data of the computer. One or more data files are read from the backup storage device and saved to the computer. The data files in backup storage device, the physical storage recovery data in the configuration storage device, and the configuration data components in the configuration storage device can be saved in a previous backup operation.

Journal ArticleDOI
TL;DR: In just one minute a server failure or hacker can knock out vital applications and lead to a catastrophic series of events that do untold damage to a company's reputation, taking months or years to rectify.

Book ChapterDOI
01 Jan 2005
TL;DR: In case of disaster recovery an enormous information flow arises between administrative and operational groups, which during ‘times of peace’ would not exist in this form, or if so, at a much more modest scale.
Abstract: In case of disaster recovery an enormous information flow arises between administrative and operational groups, which during ‘times of peace’ would not exist in this form, or if so, at a much more modest scale. This complex structure of administrative tiers and operational services is served by as many, or perhaps even a larger number of (geo) information systems. The use of geo information and geographic information systems for combining, analyzing and visualizing data at this point has not taken sufficient root in the disaster recovery structure. If geo information is used at all, it is within the individual organization, and often it is not possible to share data with other partners in the chain.

Patent
13 Sep 2005
Abstract: When a public line is used for a remote copy function of storage in a disaster recovery (DR) system, the online performance is degraded due to the increase and decrease of the line utilization rate. Therefore, it is desired to change the remote copy function depending on the line utilization rate. Also, there is the possibility of data loss if disaster occurs during the copy between storage devices. Therefore, it is desired to perform the processing to detect the data status immediately before the occurrence of the disaster. By switching the synchronous transmission and the asynchronous transmission in accordance with the increase and decrease of the response time of the remote copy function between storage devices, the online performance of the primary site can be maintained without being influenced by the line utilization rate, and the data loss can be detected based on the used remote copy function.

Patent
10 Mar 2005
TL;DR: In this paper, a method and system for disaster recovery in a packet-based network is presented, which includes a production site (52) and a recovery site (54) coupled together by the packetbased network.
Abstract: A method and system for disaster recovery in a packet-­based network. The network (50) includes a production site (52) and a recovery site (54) coupled together by the packet-based network (56). Mirroring software (68) on the production site (52) keeps a recovery site (54) up to date to the last transaction occurring on the production site. A recovery control server (84) polls the production site in order to detect a disaster condition or other failure. Upon detection of a problem at the production site (52), the recovery control server (84) reconfigures the network (56) so those attempts to access the production site (52) are routed to the recovery site (54).

Journal ArticleDOI
TL;DR: In this article, the importance of matching communication support tools to the task of extra-ordinary situations, such as natural disasters, teach us the need to match them to the tasks.
Abstract: Extraodinary situations, such as natural disasters, teach us the importance of matching communication support tools to the task.

Patent
Jason R. Bloomstein1
17 Feb 2005
TL;DR: In this paper, a system for disaster recovery rehearsals using copy-on-write may include a data set of an application and a disaster recovery manager, which can be configured to perform disaster recovery rehearsal using a copy on-write snapshot of the data set.
Abstract: A system for disaster recovery rehearsals using copy-on-write may include a data set of an application and a disaster recovery manager. The disaster recovery manager may be configured to perform a disaster recovery rehearsal using a copy-on-write snapshot of the data set.

Journal ArticleDOI
TL;DR: A discrete optimization model is proposed to allocate redundancy to critical IT functions for disaster recovery planning and a solution procedure based on probabilistic dynamic programming is presented along with two examples.
Abstract: A discrete optimization model is proposed to allocate redundancy to critical IT functions for disaster recovery planning. The objective is to maximize the overall survivability of an organization's IT functions by selecting their appropriate redundancy levels. A solution procedure based on probabilistic dynamic programming is presented along with two examples.

Journal ArticleDOI
12 Aug 2005-Science
TL;DR: A survey of emerging approaches both for preparing for diverse disasters before they happen and for dealing with them afterward can be found in this paper, where the authors emphasize related aspects of developing social systems that are resilient to unexpected and diverse threats.
Abstract: T he devastating December 2004 Sumatran earthquake and tsunami, the largest modern natural disaster in terms of people and area affected, is just one grim reminder that societies today are facing increasingly diverse and costly natural and human-triggered threats. Many trends are exacerbating the risks. More people are concentrating in coastal areas, where threats of flooding and storms are heightened, and climate change and sea level rise will amplify these risks. Terrorists have attacked the infrastructures of cities. Population movements, along with global trade and transport, heighten the odds of disease pandemics (see the Editorial on p. 989). Such diverse and, in many cases, unpredictable threats have led to renewed efforts to improve the resiliency of cities and societies overall. This special issue surveys some of these emerging approaches both for preparing for diverse disasters before they happen and for dealing with them afterward. Two Viewpoints emphasize related aspects of developing social systems that are resilient to unexpected and diverse threats. Allenby and Fink (p. [1034][1]) discuss strengthening infrastructure, cities, and individual businesses; whereas Adger et al. (p. 1036) highlight steps for improving the safety of coastal regions. Both emphasize that there are steps that can be taken now that will increase security and help society even if a disaster does not strike. For example, preserving natural ecosystems such as reefs diversifies coastal economies, which can enhance recovery from disasters. The insurance industry is being called on to help in disaster recovery and to guide preparedness in developed and developing nations alike. Mills (p. [1040][2]) examines how the industry must adapt to deal with climate change. In turn, Linnerooth-Bayer et al. (p. 1044) survey some initial approaches that are being developed and tested to expand insurance coverage of these risks to poorer nations. A major difficulty in recovery from disasters is dealing with the lasting effects they have on the mental health of affected populations. A News story by Miller (p. [1030][3]) describes what is perhaps the broadest effort to date to deal with the psychosocial consequences of disasters and the difficulties of applying Western concepts of mental health to different cultures. Finally, several other aspects of dealing with disasters are explored on Science 's Next Wave (see [1]: /lookup/doi/10.1126/science.1111534 [2]: /lookup/doi/10.1126/science.1112121 [3]: /lookup/doi/10.1126/science.309.5737.1030

Patent
27 Oct 2005
TL;DR: In this article, a data protection system is used to automatically gather and assemble configuration information needed for the successful recovery of distributed applications running on several servers, such as data archived from the servers and information for restoring the archived data.
Abstract: Data protection systems and methods may be used to automatically gather and assemble configuration information needed for the successful recovery of distributed applications running on several servers. In one implementation, a data protection system includes a collection module and a recovery report generation module. The collection module may gather configuration information regarding several servers used by a distributed application. The configuration information may include information regarding data archived from the servers and information for restoring the archived data, such as hardware configurations and path locations of original data stored on the servers and of archived data. The recovery report generation module may assemble recovery instructions based on the configuration information. The recovery instructions may be usable for restoring the distributed computing system in the event of a disaster or other failure involving one or more of the servers.

Patent
Yoshio Suzuki1, Nobuo Kawamura1, Kota Yamaguchi1, Shinji Fujiwara1, Satoru Watanabe1 
15 Jun 2005
TL;DR: In this article, a disaster recovery system comprising a main site and a sub-site is presented, in which the writing in units of a log block consisting of a plurality of log records is performed in the main site, and the logs are applied in the subsite independently to recover the database.
Abstract: A disaster recovery technology capable of achieving the high-speed FO and correctly reading the logs even if the unit of logs written in the main site is large is provided. In the disaster recovery system comprising a main site and a sub-site, when the writing in units of a log block consisting of a plurality of log records is performed in the main site and the logs are applied in the sub-site, the log blocks are read from the sub-storage to verify the consistency, and it is determined whether the reading process conflicts with the writing process through the remote copy operation when reading the logs. Then, only the log blocks in which the reading process does not conflict with the writing process as a result of the determination are applied to the database. Thereby, the logs are applied in the sub-site independently to recover the database.

Patent
18 Apr 2005
TL;DR: In this article, a method of automated disaster site recovery of a DB2 subsystem is presented, which reads parameters contained in a user modifiable control dataset of recovery parameters for objects, systems, and applications to be recovered.
Abstract: A method of automated disaster site recovery of a DB2 subsystem is presented. The method reads parameters contained in a user modifiable control dataset of recovery parameters for objects, systems, and applications to be recovered. The method also reads a DB2 system catalog containing recovery requirements. The method then creates recovery jobs based on the control dataset parameters and DB2 system catalog requirements. Control cards are created that will automatically submit the recovery jobs to a CA7 scheduling system via a batch terminal interface such that dependent recovery jobs will not be submitted until their pre-requisite recovery jobs have completed. An installation verification job is created that selects a row from each table being recovered and ensures that the recovery was successful. The control dataset can be updated with new application, object, and system recovery parameters on an as needed basis without affecting the recovery job creation process.

01 Jan 2005
TL;DR: A modular communication system developed at TU Graz is described, which facilitates worldwide access to the Internet or any other network by combining Satellite Communications, FSO and WLAN networks.
Abstract: This paper presents a combination of Free Space Optic systems with WLAN and Satellite Communications to provide Video conferencing and data transfer for use in Civil Military Cooperation and disaster recovery applications. A modular communication system developed at TU Graz is described, which facilitates worldwide access to the Internet or any other network (depending on the particular application) by combining Satellite Communications, FSO and WLAN networks. Satellite communications provide the necessary backbone for communication between distant locations in the world, Free Space Optics allows quick installation of broadband fixed wireless links without the need of any cables and finally, the WLAN offers connectivity to mobile users in the network cell, located at the target destination. The second part of the paper presents results of a system demonstration at a civil-military exercise in Spring 2004 in Austria, where mobile Satellite Earth Stations were used in combination with FSO and WLAN to enable Videoconferencing between military and civil organizations.

Book
04 Oct 2005
TL;DR: Introduction - Business Security Contingency and Continuity Planning Assessing Mitigation Strategies Preparing for a Possible Emergency Disaster Recovery Business Recovery Phase Testing, Auditing, and Training Maintaining a Business Continuity Plan.
Abstract: Introduction - Business Security Contingency and Continuity Planning Assessing Mitigation Strategies Preparing for a Possible Emergency Disaster Recovery Business Recovery Phase Testing, Auditing, and Training Maintaining a Business Continuity Plan General References Index

Journal ArticleDOI
TL;DR: Supporting by empirical evidence, the research shows how the concept of "optional substitution" was developed as a pragmatic, equitable and broadly acceptable solution to the problem.
Abstract: This case study outlines the events of a recent summative computer-aided assessment (CAA) failure involving 280 first-year undergraduate students. Post-test analysis found that the central server had become unexpectedly overloaded, thereby causing the CAA to be abandoned. Practical advice on just what to do in the event of a summative CAA failure is virtually non-existent in the related literature. In response, this paper provides a detailed account of the post-failure analysis and recovery activities from a practitioner’s (ie, academic) viewpoint. Supported by empirical evidence, the research shows how the concept of "optional substitution" was developed as a pragmatic, equitable and broadly acceptable solution to the problem.