Every developer knows the drill for production systems: define your RTO and RPO, replicate your data, script your failover, test it before you need it. It's second nature by now.
But most of us never apply that same thinking to the one system we depend on every single day to do that work — our home office. A power outage, a dead router, or a cut internet line can take you offline just as completely as a database going down, except there's no failover region for your desk.
If your database has a disaster recovery plan, your workspace should too. Here's a practical, database-DR-style walkthrough of how to build one — no drama, just the same systematic thinking applied to your physical setup.
Step 1: Know Your Actual Power Draw (Your "Baseline Metrics")
Just like you wouldn't provision a database failover without knowing your read/write load, don't buy backup power without knowing your actual draw.
