Strategies For Disaster Recovery Planning

 

Each company will have a different disaster recovery plan but whatever the business is, there are some ground rules which you should always follow. Read below and follow along.



RTO and RPO. What Are They And Why They Are Important To Disaster Recovery?


Before devising you disaster recovery plan, you should first determine your RPO and RTO.

RPO - Recovery Point Objective

Recovery point objective (RPO) is the age of data that you need to recover to be able to operate effectively after a “disaster” takes out your systems. For instance, do you require the last 30 days or data? The last 60? The last year? 10 years? The farther back your recovery point objective is, the more storage space you will require and the more your disaster recovery package will cost.

RTO - Recovery Time Objective

Your recovery time objective (RTO) is how long it should take for the disaster recovery plan to be implemented. Thought of another way, this is the maximum amount of downtime your business could withstand. It can be tempting to say “My RTO should be 60 seconds, we can’t stand any more than a minute of downtime”, if this is true then fair enough, your RTO is 60 seconds but you will be paying a massive premium for a disaster recovery plan which can act so quickly. Be reasonable and pick the true number, it will save you money.

The Benefits Of Using Third-Party Disaster Recovery Providers

While it is certainly possible to plan and implement your disaster recovery plan yourself, it is advisable to contract the services of a third-party managed IT provider who specialises in disaster recovery planning. There are several benefits to this, including;

-        Third-Party IT Providers Have Experience:

When you make a disaster recovery plan, you hope to never have to use it. While you can rehearse it with disaster recovery testing drills, you’ve never done it “for real” until the dreaded day finally comes. A managed IT support provider will have real world experience in real business disasters and not just disaster recovery tests.

 

-        Third-Party IT Providers Have An Impartial View

The managed It provider will have an impartial view on your business, its IT strengths and weaknesses. They will likely spot areas for improvement that you yourself may overlook.

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