After the strong earthquake in Wenchuan of Sichuan Province, the Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) held two emergency meetings yesterday (May 13) at the wee hours and in the early morning, requiring all technical departments to ensure the trading host's normal and safe operation in an all round way.
According to an SSE official, the SSE, always attaching great importance to safe operation of trading and relevant technical systems, gives priority to safe operation among all its work. In terms of disaster recovery, the SSE's trading system host adopts a backup mode of one host and several spare ones. In addition, the SSE set up the disaster recovery center in Waigaoqiao, Shanghai, the remote data backup centers and the enterprise data warehouses. Moreover, the new computer room, built by the SSE in the Shanghai Stock Exchange Building in 2006, has offered more room for a large amount of equipment for newly built technical systems. Besides, it has also enhanced the sustainable power supply and the intensive equipment management.
The official also said that relevant departments of the SSE had already contacted headquarters of member companies in the disaster-stricken area for several times to learn the situation and will continue to pay close attention.