System Documentation
Do you understand how your network is configured? Is your network’s structure documented? Could you rebuild your network quickly in the event of a disaster?
Proper documentation is the first step toward understanding what your network “looks like” and how it is configured. If disaster strikes, documentation enables you to rebuild your network more rapidly and completely—you won’t need to recreate the specifications and rebuild “from scratch.” Documentation is a valuable source that can assist you in determining whether changes in technology can improve your company’s bottom line.
Mile High Networks develops documentation to help you manage your network more effectively, understand its configuration and structure, and aid you in rebuilding it.
Network Diagramming
Can you troubleshoot problems on your network with minimal downtime? Do you understand your hardware and software configuration? Do you have a network diagram?
Logical network diagrams provide detailed information on how network “traffic” moves from one device to another, and can show the configuration and relationships of the various network devices. Network documentation and diagrams result in:
- Faster troubleshooting;
- Reduced need to research solutions;
- Visual diagram depicting your network infrastructure;
- Identification of potential problem areas in a timely manner;
- Prevention of a loss of important network information;
- Time savings; and
- Reduced management costs.
Mile High Networks develops complete, comprehensive, and up-to-date documentation and diagrams. The materials include all the information that you would need to rebuild your network, such as:
- Logical network diagrams;
- Hardware-analysis information;
- Configuration information;
- Protocol settings;
- DNS and other critical network services information;
- Network administration information;
- Device log sheets; and
- Network utilization reports.
Network Diagram Example (click the image to view a larger version):
Disaster Recovery Planning (DRP)
Could you rebuild your network from the ground up if a disaster demolished your facilities? Would you know where to start? Which components are critical to keeping your business running while you rebuild?
Disaster recovery planning for system failure or facility disaster is vital to ensure the continuity and survival of both your information and your business. A disaster recovery plan lays out a step-by-step guide to rebuilding your network. It uses the decisions made by management when the pressure of the disaster is not impeding the rebuild, and it takes into account the cost and availability of replacement hardware and software.
Mile High Networks evaluates your current plans, designs new plans, and provides recommendations to improve your organizational polices for disaster recovery. We can ensure that your data is protected by performing vulnerability testing; and prevent data exploitation so that you and your organization prevail over a calamity. Mile High Networks can design a plan to fit your organizational requirements for creating and maintaining a secure and safe environment in the event of a disaster—advance planning for system failure is critical for your technology infrastructure.
The main objectives of planning are the “three P’s”
Protect—Ensure that all key systems are as secure and reliable as possible.
Prevent—Maintain a secure environment using security architecture “Defense-In-Depth.”
Prevail—Establish your ability to respond efficiently and effectively when a disaster occurs, and to perform the plan successfully.
The three main objectives of recovery are the “three R’s”
Risk—A thorough risk-assessment plan must include predictions of what most likely would happen in the event of a total or partial loss of your facility. A disaster can have a wide range of definitions—it can be something as common as an intruder, as straightforward as a flood, or as destructive as a fire.
React—A continuity plan is needed and should document how to implement the chosen recovery strategies in the time frame, and include scope requirements.
Recovery—Equipment and data should be recovered in order of priority. Off-site data storage is an essential component of any disaster recovery plan, therefore you should prepare backup procedures so that your most recent data—the information necessary to support your business—is recovered.
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