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title: Five Pitfalls of Do-It-Yourself IT Disaster Recovery
description: Everyone knows that it is important to have a business continuity strategy and IT disaster recovery plan, but the perfect solution is not always within reach. Many organizations have attempted to implement their own disaster recovery and business continuity solution by simply purchasing additional hardware and installing it in a branch office or colocation facility.
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# Five Pitfalls of Do-It-Yourself IT Disaster Recovery

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Everyone knows that it is important to have a business continuity strategy and IT disaster recovery plan, but the perfect solution is not always within reach. Many organizations have attempted to implement their own disaster recovery and business continuity solution by simply purchasing additional hardware and installing it in a branch office or colocation facility.   
  
 This approach may help protect your data from blackouts, user error and the growing number of natural disasters that plague businesses each year. However, is it as cost-effective as it may seem? What are the potential issues of attempting to create a “do-it-yourself” disaster recovery solution? Identifying and avoiding the following pitfalls will help you to choose and implement the most efficient IT DR solution.   

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