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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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redundancy, and recovery

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00(“Data is becoming an asset which needs to be guarded as much as any other asset, ” 00“The ability to guard customer data is the key to 00market value,00 which the board is responsible for on behalf of shareholders”. ...00 00“Setting the proper 00investment level for00 01font01font00security, redundancy, and recovery02font00 02font00is a management issue, not a technical one”, he says.)02br
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00The sentences above are from an article which talks about data protection. I think "security" refers to "information security", but I can't figure out what "01font01font00redundancy, and recovery02font00 02font00" refer00 to.02br
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00A million thanks.0-
  

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0 I'm not sure, but I wonder if "redundancy" here has to do with a concept also used in engineering meaning.... g. '" 0-

  • 0 I'm not sure, but I wonder if "redundancy" here has to do with a concept also used in engineering meaning....
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0 I'm not sure, but I wonder if "redundancy" here has to do with a concept also used in engineering meaning.... (from a dictionary):02br
00"the inclusion of extra components that are not strictly necessary to functioning, in case of failure in other components, e.g. 'A high degree of redundancy is built into the machinery installation.'" 0-
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0 Yes, redundancy would mean duplication so you have something you can rely on if your primary system/data went down. Recovery is how you can get back in operation afterwards - getting the system back up, the data reloaded, etc. 0-

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