When Disaster Strikes, You'll Know Exactly What Happens Next
Defined RTO/RPO. Documented runbooks. Tested failover. Because "we'll figure it out" isn't a disaster recovery plan.
The DR Reality Check
Most organizations don't think about disaster recovery until after a disaster. By then, you're making critical decisions under pressure, without a plan, while the clock ticks on downtime costs.
Questions Your DR Plan Should Answer
- How long can you be down before it hurts the business?
- How much data can you afford to lose?
- Who decides when to initiate failover?
- What's the exact sequence of recovery steps?
- When was the last time you tested a real failover?
- What happens at 3am on a Sunday?
If you can't answer these confidently, we should talk.
Disaster Recovery Tiers
Match your recovery capabilities to your business requirements
Essential DR
- ✓ Daily offsite backups
- ✓ Documented recovery procedures
- ✓ Annual DR test
- ✓ Email/ticket support during recovery
Business DR
- ✓ Hourly backup replication
- ✓ Warm standby environment
- ✓ Quarterly DR testing
- ✓ 24/7 phone support during recovery
- ✓ Automated monitoring & alerts
Mission Critical DR
- ✓ Real-time data replication
- ✓ Hot standby with auto-failover
- ✓ Monthly DR testing
- ✓ Dedicated DR team
- ✓ Multi-region redundancy
- ✓ Continuous health monitoring
Our DR Planning Process
From assessment to ongoing readiness
Assessment
We analyze your infrastructure, identify critical systems, and determine acceptable RTO/RPO for each workload.
Design
We architect your DR solution including failover infrastructure, data replication strategy, and network design.
Implementation
We build and configure your DR environment, set up replication, and establish monitoring.
Documentation
We create detailed runbooks for every recovery scenario so your team knows exactly what to do.
Testing
We execute planned DR tests to verify everything works and identify gaps before a real disaster.
Maintenance
We keep your DR plan current as your infrastructure evolves and ensure continuous readiness.
How We Respond
Clear response plans for common disaster scenarios
Data Center Outage
Automated failover to secondary site. Traffic redirected via DNS or load balancer. Services resume from replicated data.
Ransomware Attack
Isolate affected systems. Restore from clean, immutable backups. Forensic analysis before reconnection.
Database Corruption
Point-in-time recovery from transaction logs. Restore to last known good state with minimal data loss.
Cloud Provider Outage
Failover to alternate provider or region. DNS updates propagate. Applications resume from replicated state.
What's Included
Complete disaster recovery coverage
RTO/RPO Definition
Clear, documented recovery objectives for every system based on business impact.
Failover Infrastructure
Secondary environments ready to take over when primary fails. Warm or hot standby options.
Data Replication
Continuous or scheduled data sync to DR site. Multiple retention points for flexibility.
Recovery Runbooks
Step-by-step procedures for every scenario. No guessing during a crisis.
Regular Testing
Scheduled DR tests to verify readiness. Document results and improve continuously.
24/7 DR Support
Round-the-clock team ready to execute recovery. Disasters don't wait for business hours.
Frequently Asked Questions
What's the difference between RTO and RPO?
RTO (Recovery Time Objective) is how long you can be down—the maximum acceptable time to restore services after a disaster. RPO (Recovery Point Objective) is how much data you can lose—the maximum acceptable age of data that must be recovered. A 4-hour RTO means you need to be back online within 4 hours. A 1-hour RPO means you can't lose more than 1 hour of data.
How often should we test our disaster recovery plan?
At minimum, annually. For critical systems, quarterly testing is recommended. Testing should include both tabletop exercises (walking through procedures) and actual failover tests. We track test results and use them to improve the plan. The worst time to discover your DR plan doesn't work is during an actual disaster.
What's the difference between backup and disaster recovery?
Backup is about data—copying files and databases so they can be restored if lost. Disaster recovery is about business continuity—the complete plan for resuming operations including infrastructure, applications, data, and processes. You can have backups without DR, but you can't have effective DR without backups. DR includes backups plus failover infrastructure, runbooks, testing, and coordination.
How do you handle DR for cloud-native applications?
Cloud-native DR leverages multi-region deployments, managed service redundancy, and infrastructure-as-code. We design for failure at every layer: multiple availability zones, cross-region data replication, stateless application tiers, and automated scaling. Recovery is often faster because infrastructure can be provisioned on-demand rather than maintained as idle standby.
What happens if a disaster occurs outside business hours?
Our 24/7 operations team monitors for incidents around the clock. When a disaster is detected, we initiate the appropriate response regardless of time. For automated failover configurations, the system responds immediately without human intervention. For manual failover, our team follows documented escalation procedures to reach decision-makers and execute the recovery plan.
Can we do a partial failover for just some systems?
Yes. Not all systems need to fail over together. Your DR plan can define different tiers: some systems fail over immediately, others are recovered in sequence based on priority, and non-critical systems may wait until the primary site is restored. This staged approach optimizes cost while ensuring critical systems are protected.
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