Statistics show that 60% of companies that lose data without recovery capability close within 6 months. Backup and DR are business insurance.
RPO and RTO
RPO — maximum acceptable data loss. RTO — maximum acceptable downtime. These metrics define DR architecture and cost.
3-2-1 strategy
3 data copies, on 2 different media types, 1 copy offsite. For cloud: production in Azure, backup in another region, third copy in AWS S3 or on-premises.
How SL Global Service solves this
SGS uses Veeam with Azure Blob Storage (immutable backups against ransomware). For critical systems — Azure Site Recovery with automatic failover. Regular DR drills to verify RTO/RPO in practice.
The best time to build DR is before you need it.
“The question is not "if" a disaster will happen, but "when." A company without a DR plan risks losing not just data but the entire business.”
Anton Marrero, member of the Supervisory Board, Intecracy Group