Understanding disaster recovery

Disaster recovery is generally one of the least understood parts of BizTalk Server. This could be because the product does so much for us that we don't give serious thought into how it works, until there is a disaster. The vast majority of BizTalk installations are not set up properly for disaster recovery. This section will outline how disaster recovery works in BizTalk and how to make sure it is working correctly in your environment.

Unlike high availability or scalability, disaster recovery is what we turn to after a true disaster, such as fire, flood, or earthquake. These are the sorts of disasters that wipe out entire data centers. These types of disasters can be extinction-level events for many enterprises. ...

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