Disaster Recovery on Cloud Computing

Running head: DISASTER RECOVERY ON CLOUD COMPUTING
Disaster Recovery on Cloud Computing
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Acknowledgement
I undertook this research study to improve my knowledge about the subject and my analytical
ability. This has helped me in conquering many challenges that I have faced in the coursework.
This research study would not have been possible without the guidance and help of my
professors and companions who have helped me in gathering advance knowledge about the
subject. I would like to thank my Supervisor __________ for guiding me throughout the
research and helping me out in every step of conducting the research study. I would like to all the
participants of this research work, without whom this research would not have been possible.
Finally, I would like to thank my family members for encouraging me to perform this work with
full dedication.
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Abstract
The purpose of this research is to evaluate the concept of disaster recovery and its effect in
business. A secondary research is executed for understanding the need of having a proper
disaster recovery plan for resuming the normal operations of an organization or business in case
a disaster breaks in. A qualitative data analysis is laid on the disaster recovery mechanism in
cloud computing and the benefits of storing data over cloud. The main aim of the research was to
gather knowledge whether the DR plans for cloud backup would be helpful for New Zealand
business units or not.

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction........................................................................................................5
1.1. Background of the study...........................................................................................5
1.2. Aims of the Study.....................................................................................................6
1.3. Objectives of the Study.............................................................................................6
1.4. Research Questions...................................................................................................6
Chapter 2: Literature Review...............................................................................................8
2.1. Introduction...............................................................................................................8
2.2. The Disaster Recovery Mechanism..........................................................................8
2.3. Disaster Recovery in Cloud computing platform: Advantages and Concerns.........9
Chapter 3: Research Methodology....................................................................................11
3.1. Introduction.............................................................................................................11
3.2. Method Outline.......................................................................................................11
3.3. Data Collection Process..........................................................................................12
Chapter 4: Data Collection and Analysis...........................................................................13
4.1. Introduction.............................................................................................................13
4.2. Disaster Recovery Mechanism...............................................................................13
4.3. Disaster Recovery Mechanism in Cloud Computing.............................................14
4.4 Major advantages and concerns of disaster recovery in cloud................................15

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4.5. Cloud DR in New Zealand business units..............................................................16
Chapter 5: Conclusions and Recommendations................................................................18
5.1. Conclusion..............................................................................................................18
5.2. Recommendations...................................................................................................19
References..........................................................................................................................20

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Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1. Background of the study
Disaster recovery is the essential security planning aiming to provide protection in an
organization from the ill impact of certain negative occurrences. It is needed for the
organizations to maintain or resume the mission critical functions that follow a disaster. It is a
documented process or procedures used for protecting a business associated with the IT
infrastructure, when a disaster occurs. Proper disaster recovery plans are followed in form of
documentation in written form, which an organization generally follows in an event of a disaster.
It can be defined as the subset of the business continuity plan, used for resumption of the data
hardware, applications and electronic communication. The different disaster recovery planning
should include a detailed analysis of different business processes and the business continuity
needs that help in creating a robust disaster recovery plan (Suo et al., 2012). It further involves a
set of policies, tools and procedures that aims in protecting an organization from the effects of
the significant negative events that can be a result of a disaster.
Disaster recovery in the cloud is a backup and the restore strategy of the files and data
present in the cloud storage. In is involved with the maintaining different copies of the electronic
records in a cloud environment (Bajpai, Rana & Maitrey, 2013). This essential security measure
helps in backing up of the data so that it can be restored onto on premises hardware in case a
disaster occurs. The disaster recovery technique in a cloud computing, which is based on
virtualization follows an altogether another approach to the disaster recovery techniques
(Snedaker, 2013). The different techniques of disaster recovery in cloud computing includes
encapsulation of the server along with the operating system, applications, patches and the data