<div dir="ltr"><div><div>I think we all know that an actual disaster is the only time you'll ever get to do an actual disaster recovery test.<br><br></div><div>Taking this into consideration, Adelaide was clearly an opportunity missed for those who didn't schedule a disaster recovery test.<br></div><div><br></div>Kind regards<br><br></div>Paul Wilkins<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 30 September 2016 at 12:21, John Duffin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jduffin@uptimeinstitute.com" target="_blank">jduffin@uptimeinstitute.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-US">Hi,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-US">I’m the MD for Uptime Institute in Australia. After Superstorm Sandy in the US we published an article on the Lessons Learn by Operators of Critical Data Facilities.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-US"><a href="https://journal.uptimeinstitute.com/disaster-recovery-lessons-learned-superstorm-sandy/" target="_blank">https://journal.<wbr>uptimeinstitute.com/disaster-<wbr>recovery-lessons-learned-<wbr>superstorm-sandy/</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-US">I’d like to do the same for the SA Blackout. Its only when events like this happen that we really understand what’s going on. If anyone has something they would to share either in this forum
or direct to <a href="mailto:jduffin@uptimeinstiute.com" target="_blank">jduffin@uptimeinstiute.com</a> I’d be grateful. In particular:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-US">What warnings do you get<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-US">What preparations did you make?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-US">What went well?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-US">What didn’t go well?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-US">Lessons learned?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-US">Regards,<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><u></u><u></u></font></span></span></p><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt" lang="EN-US">John<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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