Shouldn’t they have a paper-based/offline downtime procedure for this?
(Oh shit, everything just went down, turn on the generator, go plug that printer and laptop in, and print off all the reports of where we were from the offsite/offline/whatever backup).
What did they do before computers?
Failing to plan is planning to fail and all.
I like the idea of monthly planned downtimes where possible so people don’t run around like a headless chicken when things go down. No different than a fire drill.
> Shouldn’t they have a paper-based/offline downtime procedure for this?
If they did, I would expect their employees to be out of practice with such methods since they weren't working that way day-to-day. Unless they're running regular "all computers are down"-drills to keep their employees sharp, downtime was probably inevitable.
Hence the monthly planned downtimes. Some organizations require you to take your vacation time every year, and it’s partly because they want to make sure they know how to operate without you.
(Oh shit, everything just went down, turn on the generator, go plug that printer and laptop in, and print off all the reports of where we were from the offsite/offline/whatever backup).
What did they do before computers?
Failing to plan is planning to fail and all.
I like the idea of monthly planned downtimes where possible so people don’t run around like a headless chicken when things go down. No different than a fire drill.