Data Health Check
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First Name
Surname
Company
Company Postcode
Telephone
Email
What best describes your business sector?
Banking & Finance
Construction & Property
Consumer Goods
Engineering
Health
Industrials
Leisure
Media
Natural Resources
Retailing
Support Services
Technology
Telecoms
Transport
Utilities
Legal
Charity/NPO
Education
Professional Services
Other
What’s your position within the company’s hierarchy?
Corporate / board level responsible for IT
Other corporate / board level
Director level responsible for IT
Other Director level
IS / IT Management (inc. Network Mgrs etc)
General Management (inc. Product / Project Mgrs, Sales and Mktg)
Technical Specialists
Industry Analyst
Consultant
Press/Journalist
Other
How many employees are in your company?
1-24
25-49
50-99
100-249
250-499
500-999
1000-4999
5000+
What is your annual turnover?
<£5m
£5 - 9.9m
£10 - 24.9m
£25 – 49.9m
£50 – 99.9m
£100 – 249.9m
£250 – 499.9m
£500 – 999.9m
>£1000m
What is your current backup method?
None
Tapes
Replicated disks
Combination of disk and tape
Online backup
Managed Service - Tape
Managed Service - Online backup
Managed Service - Other
External Hard drive/disk
Other
Do you take your backups offsite?
Yes
No
If yes, how?
Designated member of staff takes backups home
Third party collection
Automated backups to secondary location
Other
Do you find any of the following applications difficult to back up?
Tick all that apply
Email
Exchange
Groupwise
Lotus Notes
Database
MSSQL
MySQL
Postgres
Oracle
DB2
Informix
Misc.
SAP
AS400
AIX
HP-UX
Linux
Other
None
Which of the following areas of backup do you find challenging?
None
Laptops
Remote offices
Un-networked computers
Other
What do you think are the major contributors to these difficulties?
Incompatibility with current backup system
Lack of understanding of application to be backed up
Lack of understanding of backup application
Lack of human resources available
Lack of storage capacity
Insufficient backup window
Other
How confident are you in the effectiveness of your current backup solution?
Very Confident
Fairly Confident
Not Confident
How much data do you protect?
Less than 100 GB
Between 100GB and 1TB
Between 1TB and 10TB
Between 10TB and 100TB
100TB +
Do you use real time backup for any or all of your systems?
Yes - All
Yes - Some
No
Do you use replication?
Yes - All
Yes - Some
No
Are your backups encrypted?
Yes
No
Do you currently backup your emails at individual message level?
Yes
No
How often are your backup logs checked?
Daily
Weekly
Monthly
They are not checked
I don't have logs
On average how many man hours per day does your current backup system require?
None
Less than 30 minutes per day
Less than 2 hours per day
More than 2 hours per day
Dedicated member of staff
On average, how often are you required to restore data?
Daily
More than once per week
More than once per month
More than once per year
Less than once per year
I don’t know
How many restores have failed within the last 12 months?
None
Less than 10%
Less than half
More than half
Not prepared to say
I Don’t know
What were the causes of any data loss over the last 12 months?
Tick all that apply
Hardware failure
Software failure
Corruption
Theft
Human error / accident
Human malice
External security breach (hacker / virus)
Natural disaster
Of the following which had the most impact on your business?
Tick all that apply
Hardware failure
Software failure
Corruption
Theft
Human error / accident
Human malice
External security breach (hacker / virus)
Natural disaster
How often do you test your restores?
Monthly
Quarterly
Twice a year
Once a year
Never tested
Are you aware of your requirements under law for retention of data?
Yes, I am fully compliant
Yes, but I am worried I am not fully compliant
No
Do you have a data retention policy?
Yes, I must keep all data forever
Yes, I must keep data for a specific time period
Yes, I keep month/year ends
No
I don’t know
How much additional data do you anticipate storing next year?
Less than 10%
Between 10% and 25%
Between 25% and 50%
Between 50% and 100%
More than 100%
We intend to reduce our data storage next year
How do you archive long term data?
I don’t
Tape
I keep it on production storage
Dedicated Disk Archive
Other Media
I don’t know
How often do you bring data back from data archive?
More often than once a month
Less than once a month
Less than once every 6 months
Less than once a year
Never
I don’t archive data
Do you have a Business Continuity Plan (i.e. which covers data recovery, communications and staff relocation)?
Yes
No but I am planning to
No and I am not planning to
I don’t know
If you do have a Business Continuity Plan, how often do you test it?
Monthly
Quarterly
Twice a year
Once a year
Don’t test
If you do have a Business Continuity Plan, how confident are you in it?
Very Confident
Fairly Confident
Not Confident
As part of your Business Continuity Plan plan how long is your Service Level Agreement for IT and staff relocation?
Less than 4 hours
Less than 12 hours
Less than 24 Hours
Other
No exact SLA
When considering your most important business application, what would be your Recovery Time Objective? (RTO)
Less than 5 minutes
Less than 1 hour
Less than 12 hours
Less than 24 hours
Less than 48 hours
More than 48 hours
I don’t know
Do you use virtual environments?
Yes
No
If you do use Virtual environments, do you use them for?
Tick all that apply
Production
Testing
Disaster Recovery
Are you considering Virtual Disaster Recovery (VDR)?
Yes
No
Do your new / existing customers:
Insist on a disaster recovery plan
Encourage a disaster recovery plan
Not ask about a disaster recovery plan
How long would it take to have replacement servers available for data to be recovered onto?
Less than 4 hours
Less than 12 hours
Less than 24 hours
Less than 48 hours
More than 48 hours
Own ‘warm’ servers ready for immediate deployment
I don’t know
In a Disaster Recovery scenario rank the importance of the following to your business (1-6, 1 being most important, 6 being least critical)
Email
File Data
Telephone system
Client facing systems (CRM, etc)
Back office systems (Accounts, HR)
Website
How often do you review your backup and recovery strategy?
Bi-annually or more frequently
Annually
Every 2-3 years
Only after a backup / restore failure
No set timetable
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