Disaster Recovery

A disaster recovery plan (sometimes referred to as a business continuity plan) describes how an organisation deals with potential disasters, natural or man-made.

A disaster recovery plan outlines the safety measures undertaken in order to minimise the effects of a disaster and detail the recovery process of the mission critical data and/or business operations.


Disaster Recovery can be better understood by answering some simple questions:

  • What constitutes a disaster for your business?
  • If the worst happens are you prepared to recover from a disaster?
  • What are the consequences to the bottom line if information is not available on demand?

The answers to these questions are essential in order to better protect and support the business.

Disaster recovery planning and high availability has traditionally been viewed as a big ticket item and therefore restricted to the enterprise space. However, as small to mid-size businesses become more and more reliant on data, devices, systems, and networks, the need for continuity and availability has seen a significant shift in thinking.

Every business is unique in the way it operates, structured and/or managed. Therefore a Disaster Recovery solution must be tailored to suit the individual needs
of each business. The following environments are important in understanding and developing a successful Disaster Recovery plan:

  • Continuity
  • Downtime Tolerance
  • Situation Analysis and Risk

Qtech are disaster recovery specialists with more than 11 years experience in providing this service to a number of highly respected companies. Everything from
design, configuration, testing and ensuring reliability of data back-ups are critical for an effective disaster recovery solution. By using Qtech’s Disaster Recovery services you can significantly reduce your risks.

Within hours of a disaster striking, Qtech can make available a high performance server and emergency operations centre to run your core business applications.
Regular testing of your plan will also give you the confidence to get on with running your business without the nagging doubt of wondering how your company will
survive a period of major downtime.

Part of our disaster recovery program includes the availability of a range of servers housed in a state-of-the-art computer room with the latest in security features
including: reinforced/raised fl oor, fire-resistant design, security alarm, security code access, climate control, insulation, full UPS monitored backup, generator backup and access to on-site technical support.

To further enhance our disaster recovery infrastructure we have dedicated space available for our clients. This professional space is designed to simulate your office environment in the event of a disaster occurring at your premises. It is located on the Brisbane city fringe and is close to public transport with undercover car parking.

The disaster recovery area includes:

Room 1: Enclosed room equipped with

  • 16 laptops
  • colour digital printer
  • fax and copier
  • telephones
  • whiteboards
  • data projection facilities.

Room 2: Meeting room equipped with:

  • large table
  • laptop computer
  • data projection facilities
  • telephone and teleconference facilities

Room 3: Workstation area comprising:

  • 4 workstation cubicles
  • 4 laptop computers
  • telephones
  • power facilities
  • filing station