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Disaster preparedness and disaster recovery is a topic that should be foremost in the mind of any Joomla! site administrator. Long the purview of major corporations, disaster recovery and business continuance has been shoved into the minds of every American and for that matter the world. The events of 9-11 terrorist attacks, the devastation of Hurricane Katrina and the horrific events of the Tsunamis that the Asia Pacific region suffered under have galvanized our thinking towards true disaster preparedness. These three events alone should give pause for thought and cause you to ask “what if?” What if my e-commerce site went down? In the grand scheme of things to the world, this is probably nothing. To you it could mean not staying in business. The purpose of this book This manual is written specifically for site administrators of Joomla-based websites,
giving you a guide to prepare for disaster. The disaster may come in the form of a natural one such as Hurricane Katrina. Other damage may come from a cracker exploit; like a thief in the night. Additionally, hardware failure often accounts for the majority of the problems in technical infrastructures and the guide is intended to help you prepare and respond in a timely fashion. When all of these things are considered, a plan that helps you protect and restore your data is the goal of this book. This book covers an introduction to disaster preparedness. In a nutshell, this helps you to establish good maintenance practices and backup/restoration procedures. It is dedicated to developing your disaster preparedness plan. Within these pages, you will work through gathering information critical to your preparedness. It will provide you with the knowledge and strategies to report incidents to the Joomla community and the wider internet community—including ISP’s and web hosting providers etc. Many good books have been written that take the subject of disaster recovery in greater scope than this book. However I did not write this as a comprehensive guide to full disaster recovery planning, but a focused view on supporting Joomla! sites and being prepared for disaster. What this book is not: This book is not a complete guide to facility, work space or people evacuation, network, voice, fire suppression, flooding, and weather events or data line restoration. Those are beyond the scope of this book. Buy the book by clicking here |
