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Disaster recovery & backup data

Disaster recovery

Most large operators and many of the smaller ones have some kind of disaster recovery (DR) facility. DR facilities require data to be copied from the production infrastructure over to DR infrastructures, which may be identical to or be a trimmed down versions of the production infrastructure. DR facilities are normally only invoked after a significant failure event occurring in the production infrastructure. However, operators may also ‘test’ their disaster recovery processes and infrastructures by transferring live operations to them for short periods.

Backup data

Backup data is distinct from DR data since it is not intended to be used directly as a live source of data. Instead this data is used to restore information to a production facility (or a DR mirror).

Footnotes

1By virtue of Section 36(5) (opens in a new tab), the Act excludes client devices, such as home PC’s or mobile phones unless these devices are provided by an operator to enable a person to take advantage of facilities for gambling provided by that operator.

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Last updated: 14 April 2021

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