Disaster Recovery Analysis and Management Method (DRAMM): An IT Management Tool

Abstract

After the disaster striking the information system, the organization has to react rapidly in order to continue to function. In the absence of an alternative site, a scaled-down version of the information system, possibly with scaled-down performance, has to be deployed in order to provide the organization's Critical Business Functions and the related necessary Services. This has to be deployed within a few hours and to reflect the last snapshot of the main information system. This paper proposes a software tool that can define a scaled-down information system with the associated workstation structure, with which the organization can achieve a scaled-down performance. With the DRAMM tool, the IT staff can significantly reduce the time needed to deploy the scaled-down version of the information system, taking into account all changes in the main information system before the disaster.