tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post1767143942068853640..comments2023-12-11T08:49:46.305+00:00Comments on Dizzy Thinks: What about the Disaster Recovery plan?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-13035811046338663262008-09-10T13:54:00.000+01:002008-09-10T13:54:00.000+01:00Er, actually, Dizzy: "...the London Stock Exchane ...Er, actually, Dizzy: "...the London Stock Exchane has gone into meltdown today quite literally...". No. Metaphorically, yes: literally, no.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-28323131976352592972008-09-09T11:42:00.000+01:002008-09-09T11:42:00.000+01:00Same could be said about Gordon's web site. Which ...Same could be said about Gordon's web site. Which has been displaying<A HREF="http://www.number10.gov.uk/" REL="nofollow"> 404 Page Not Found</A> for most of the morningAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-13152115548505288592008-09-08T22:43:00.000+01:002008-09-08T22:43:00.000+01:00Hi folks,Because of the risk of being criticised f...Hi folks,<BR/>Because of the risk of being criticised for acting too hastily, most people don't invoke business continuity or disaster recovery plans until it's clear how long the outage will last.<BR/>By the time that's been established, repairs may well have been made.<BR/>No courage to act first, and save all the costs of lost trades, etc..<BR/>Mils<BR/>www.analyticred.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-34098138457596473372008-09-08T17:13:00.000+01:002008-09-08T17:13:00.000+01:00Reminds me of an incident a few years back where w...Reminds me of an incident a few years back where we, supposedly, had a guaranteed UPS in a financial institution I was working for. Only thing was that the UPS was interrupted for most of the day following the main power supply going down early in the morning.<BR/><BR/>Unlike the LSE our DR process did kick in as planned. We called it 'Business Continuity Plan'. Disaster Recovery sounds too negative.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-68827005555831371622008-09-08T15:17:00.000+01:002008-09-08T15:17:00.000+01:00I suspect the volume of trading after the Fannie M...I suspect the volume of trading after the Fannie May thing yesterday caused their systems to overload. I doubt the DR systems are more powerful so they wouldn't have coped either.<BR/>Z.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-2007350503356456612008-09-08T15:01:00.000+01:002008-09-08T15:01:00.000+01:00Or maybe they took the system down while they inve...Or maybe they took the system down while they investigated some unusual trading patterns ?.<BR/><BR/>You're a man of the world, so should not always expect things to be as they seem.<BR/><BR/>And no, I have no insider knowledge of what's going on - I just think it's a bit odd.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com