Delhi High Court's disaster recovery centre opened in Madras High Court to back up data, software

In a first of its kind initiative, the Disaster Recovery Centre for Delhi High Court was inaugurated on Saturday at Madurai Bench of Madras High Court..The Disaster Recovery Centre will have live backup of all the data and applications/softwares of the Delhi High Court to ensure safety and security of the data and applications/softwares in the event of any untoward incident within the premises of the Court in Delhi as also any cyber security breach, the High Court said.“The DR Centre for the High Court of Delhi is very crucial as it makes sure that all the courts of the High Court of Delhi can continue their functioning even in the face of disasters such as natural calamities, cyber-attacks, or infrastructure failures. This helps maintain access to critical data and services, allowing the courts to function without prolonged downtime. In the event of a disaster, a well-implemented DR Centre can facilitate a quick and seamless transition to backup systems. This minimizes downtime, ensuring that court proceedings and services can resume promptly,” said a communication issued by the Delhi High Court. .An unit of high-end NetApp Network-Attached Storage (NAS) will be installed at server room within the premises of the Court in Delhi and the second unit of NAS will be at its Disaster Recovery Centre at Madurai, nearly 2575 kilometres away and in a different seismic zone.The system will have the facility of live and regular backup and smooth connectivity so that in case of inaccessibility of onsite NAS/data due to any unforeseen circumstances, the “NAS installed at DR Centre at Madurai could be used instantly and all the courts of High Court of Delhi could immediately start their functioning remotely by connecting from DR Centre and the wheels of justice keep moving on uninterrupted for the benefit of lawyers, litigants and public at large”..The establishment of Disaster Recovery Centre is considered to be a brainchild of Justice Rajiv Shakdher, Chairman, Information Technology & Artificial Intelligence Committee, High Court of Delhi.Justices Sanjeev Sachdeva, Sanjeev Narula, Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav, Swarana Kanta Sharma, and Girish Kathpalia are also the members of the Committee.Madras High Court’s Chief Justice Sanjay Vijaykumar Gangapurwala was also present at the inauguration ceremony.