Backup and disaster recovery are two connected but different things. Backup is the process of creating secure copies of your data so it can be restored if something goes wrong. Disaster recovery is the broader plan for getting your entire business back up and running after a significant disruption, whether that is a ransomware attack, a hardware failure, a fire, or a flood.
You need both. A backup without a recovery plan is just a file sitting somewhere. A disaster recovery plan without reliable backups has nothing to recover.
Recovery Time Objective (RTO) is how quickly your systems need to be back online after a failure. For some businesses, that is minutes. For others, a few hours is acceptable. We design your backup infrastructure around the RTO your business actually needs.
Recovery Point Objective (RPO) is how much data you can afford to lose. If your RPO is four hours, your backups need to run at least every four hours. If it is zero, you need real-time replication. We set backup frequencies based on your RPO so you are never exposed beyond what your business can tolerate.
Recovery time depends on your specific setup and the nature of the outage. For businesses with on-premise backup appliances, essential systems can often be restored within minutes. Cloud-only restores may take longer depending on data volume. We design your backup and disaster recovery solution around the recovery time your business needs and test it regularly to confirm it meets that target.
We recommend testing at least twice a year, and additionally whenever you make significant changes to your IT infrastructure. Testing confirms that your backups are complete, your recovery procedures work, and your team knows what to do. An untested plan is an assumption, not a plan.
Backup is the process of creating copies of your data. Disaster recovery is the broader strategy for restoring your entire business operations after a significant disruption. Backup is one component of disaster recovery. You need both to be properly protected.
Yes. Every client receives transparent monthly reports covering backup success rates, failed jobs and their resolution, recovery test results, and storage utilisation. You always know exactly how your data protection is performing.
Yes, if configured correctly. We isolate backup copies from your main network so ransomware cannot encrypt them alongside your live systems. Combined with our cyber security services, this gives your business two layers of defence. Prevention through security, and recovery through isolated, tested backups.
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