Mention "natural disaster" to most people and they'll think of floods, earthquakes or hurricanes. Mention "human-induced disaster" to IT people and they'll have equally frightening thoughts. But whether natural or human--storm or hacker--disasters are easier to get through if you’re prepared.

That's why we developed the Teradata Disaster Recovery Solution. It delivers the functionality you need without requiring your chief technology officers to bear the expense--in time and money--of building a system on their own.

The Teradata Disaster Recovery Solution is a dedicated and secured facility. It comes with equipment, software licenses, database administrators trained in disaster recovery and much more. It's a complete package, including the cost of cooling, powering and running servers.

The first step we take with clients is a simulated failure orchestrated by our team of disaster-recovery engineers. This is always an eye-opening experience, as customers see the extent of their vulnerability and realize it's far better to discover it in a test than in the aftermath of a real event.

In other words, we like to think of disaster recovery the same way a company might think of security. Smart companies don't fix security holes after a breach. And they approach disaster recovery the same way: they don't wait till after a disaster to start taking it seriously.

And when you do consider it seriously, the next step is to consider the Teradata Disaster Recovery Solution. It's an effective shield against data-warehouse downtime and, in the unfortunate event of an unforeseen failure, it includes the industry's best tools and services to recover from those challenging times.

Have you ever faced a crisis in your data warehouse? Hacker break-in? Busted pipe? Leave a comment and tell us about it.