Previously up to 2016, there has been no Disaster Recovery review and consistent tests being performed for over 10 years. Significant technical debt in the Disaster Recovery has been built up and leaving University priority services at risk in case of major Disasters. 

The plan is to have regular annual Disaster Recovery projects will bring us to a level where the Disaster Recovery plans are well understood, documented and components have been tested.  

This project will build on this plan of annual DR testing and it will deliver a large Disaster Recovery test which reflects a site loss or it will test specific infrastructure components which are common across our estate.