How to Create a Church AVL Equipment Backup Plan
Some equipment is important. Some equipment can stop the service.
Those aren't necessarily the same thing.
Plan recovery for critical failures
Start your backup planning by asking what single failures would create the biggest problems.
What happens if the presentation computer dies? What happens if the pastor's wireless microphone fails? What happens if the network switch powering critical equipment stops working?
What happens if your streaming encoder crashes?
Then create realistic recovery plans.
Maybe that means a spare microphone. Maybe it means a second computer with the necessary files.
Maybe it means saved console files stored somewhere other than the console.
Maybe a spare switch or power supply should be on the shelf.
You don't need two of everything.
You need a plan for the things that matter most.
And the team needs to know the plan exists.
A backup that nobody knows how to deploy isn't much of a backup.
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About the author
Chris Eslinger is a founder and partner at Ignite Sound + Stage and Creative Production Director at Greenwood Christian Church. A contributor to Technologies for Worship Magazine, he helps churches improve audio, video, lighting and volunteer workflows through practical, hands-on training.
Read Chris's Yamaha DM7 mixing console review in Technologies for Worship Magazine.
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