In the current economy it can be difficult to obtain funding for new projects such as recovery testing, yet it is no less important to practice and validate your recovery plan. While all Agility services, including testing, are easy to use and low in cost, there are some especially cost-effective solutions that stand out.
Your first option is to conduct a Tabletop Exercise. More information can be found at www.agilitytest.info, but the basic idea is to talk through a recovery scenario with your team rather than perform the actions live. This low or no-cost exercise can take one day or less and the only materials needed are paper copies of your recovery plan and test documents. Agility can still assist you by guiding your planning of the exercise, but as long as you have access to testing in your Agility agreement there will be no additional cost. You can’t beat that.
If you know that the primary goal of your test is to practice restoring critical systems, a hands-on test is the only way to go, and there is a low-cost approach there as well. A typical test of Agility’s hardware at your site only costs $500 plus shipping, which may be well under $1,000 depending on your location and the quantity of equipment you desire.
If you have questions about what is the best approach to meet your objectives, or if you have your own way of effectively testing your plan while keeping costs low, let us know!