Will you be prepared if disaster strikes your business? That’s the million (or multimillion) dollar question for IT professionals engaged in disaster recovery (DR) planning. Providing an affirmative answer requires the investment of time and money to build a solid disaster recovery plan.

One of the biggest issues facing disaster recovery planners is the selection of an appropriate DR site type. As with many IT decisions, planners are faced with a cost vs. performance tradeoff. The more spent, the greater the capability of a site to quickly resume operations.

Read more: Which Disaster Recovery Site Strategy Is Right for You?

Originally published in BizTech Magazine, June 2012