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Realistic disaster recovery testing means more than confirming one technical step. Teams should test the full recovery sequence they expect to rely on, including data availability, system startup order, application validation, user access, contact paths, and the time it actually takes to resume critical work.
A good DR platform makes those rehearsals easier to document and repeat, but the exercise still has to reflect real failure conditions. Tabletop reviews help, yet they are not a substitute for timed technical testing against the actual continuity design.