Operations, maintenance and contracts
DR
Abbreviation for Disaster Recovery
In short and in plain language
DR stands for disaster recovery. It means bringing systems and data back after a serious outage.
A plan for it says who does what, and in which order.
The plan is usually tested. Then people know the steps when things go wrong.
Definition
DR stands for disaster recovery, the restoration of systems and data after a serious outage. A DR plan describes who does what and in which order. It is usually tested so that the procedures are familiar in an emergency.