Survey Results

The survey also included the following general questions concerning best practices:

Issue	Question	% Yes	% No

Same Building	Is it ever acceptable for the alternate facility to be in the same building as the primary operations facility?	8	92
Same Campus	Is it ever acceptable for the alternate facility to be on the same campus as the primary operations facility?	27	73**

Issue	Question	% Yes	% No

Same Building	Is it ever acceptable for the Business Continuity Inventory to be stored in the same building as the primary operations facility?	11	89
Same Campus	Is it ever acceptable for the offsite storage facility to be on the same campus as the primary operations facility?	23	77
Mirrored Files	Would the same answers to the above questions apply to files that are mirrored or replicated to a remote location?	74**	26
Fire Resistant Vaults	Would the use of fire resistant vaults change any of your answers?	9	91

Issue	Statement	% Agree
Widespread Threats/Risks	The minimum acceptable distance of an alternate or offsite storage facility should be determined by the most geographically widespread threat/risk for which I have to plan.	89