Backup & Disaster Recovery
Protect your company's critical information with professional backup strategies and disaster recovery plans.
Backups that were never tested aren't backups, they're hope. A complete strategy includes three things: multiple copies stored in different locations, regular tests confirming the copies actually work, and a written plan for what to do when the real event happens. The first two things fail more often than anyone admits — that's why we validate them constantly.
What's included?
- Automatic incremental and full backups across multiple locations.
- Disaster recovery plans (DRP) with defined response times.
- Periodic restoration testing to ensure backup integrity.
- 3-2-1 strategy: 3 copies, 2 different media types, 1 stored off-site.
- Encryption at rest and in transit to meet data protection requirements.
- Restoration process documentation so it can be executed under pressure.
Ideal for
Companies that depend on critical systems where data loss would be catastrophic (ERPs, CRMs, clinical systems), organizations that need to demonstrate continuity controls to clients or auditors, businesses that already have backups but "no one has ever tested restoring them," and any company that processes personal data subject to legal protection.
How we work
We start with a business impact analysis (BIA): which systems are critical, how much data can be lost before it hurts (RPO), how much downtime you can withstand before it hurts even more (RTO). From there we design the strategy: tools (Veeam, Bacula, native cloud solutions), frequency, retention, and locations. We implement with end-to-end encryption, automate execution, and schedule documented quarterly tests.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are RPO and RTO?
RPO (Recovery Point Objective): how much data you can acceptably lose, measured in time. If you back up every 4 hours, your RPO is 4 hours — that's the information you could lose in the worst case. RTO (Recovery Time Objective): how long you can be down before resuming operations. Both determine how costly and elaborate your DRP needs to be.
Local backup or cloud backup?
Both. Local backup (NAS, tape, another server) provides fast restoration for common failures. Cloud backup (S3, Glacier, Backblaze B2) protects against physical disasters (fire, theft, ransomware that also encrypts local backups). The 3-2-1 strategy combines both worlds — it's the recommended standard.
How are backups tested without interrupting production?
We restore to an isolated environment (sandbox, temporary VM) and validate that the data is intact and services start up correctly. No production data is touched. We document every test: what was restored, how long it took, and any issues that came up. That record is useful for audits and for calibrating real vs. theoretical RTOs.