When Disaster Strikes, Recovery Should Be a Button - Not a Prayer.
We design, implement, and test disaster recovery and backup strategies so your business can survive infrastructure failures, data loss, ransomware, and regional outages - with documented RTO/RPO guarantees your leadership can trust.
For CTOs and engineering leaders who know their current backup strategy would not survive a real disaster - and need proven DR before the next board meeting.
The Problem We Solve
⚠ Your backups exist but nobody has ever tested a full restore - you are assuming they work.
⚠ There is no documented RTO or RPO - if production goes down, nobody knows how long recovery will take.
⚠ Your DR plan is a wiki page from 2021 that references infrastructure that no longer exists.
⚠ A ransomware attack on your cloud account would take down everything - backups included - because they are in the same account.
⚠ Your database is a single instance with no replication - one disk failure means data loss.
⚠ You have cross-region backups but no automation to actually fail over - recovery would be a manual, multi-hour scramble.
⚠ Compliance auditors keep asking for DR test results and you have nothing to show them.
What's Included
✓ RTO/RPO analysis - define recovery time and recovery point objectives per service based on business impact
✓ Velero for Kubernetes cluster backup and restore - namespaces, persistent volumes, cluster state, scheduled and on-demand
✓ Database backup automation - PostgreSQL pg_basebackup/pgBackRest, MySQL xtrabackup, MongoDB mongodump, with point-in-time recovery
✓ Cross-region replication - S3 cross-region replication, Cloud SQL read replicas, Aurora Global Database, Azure Geo-Redundant Storage
✓ Immutable backup storage - AWS S3 Object Lock, GCP retention policies, or Backblaze B2 with immutability for ransomware protection
✓ Automated DR failover - DNS failover with Route 53/Cloud DNS, load balancer health checks, automated database promotion
✓ DR runbooks - step-by-step documented procedures for every failure scenario, tested and version-controlled
✓ Quarterly DR testing - scheduled failover drills that validate recovery works end to end, with results documented for compliance
✓ Business continuity planning - identify critical services, define dependencies, create communication templates for incident response
✓ Backup monitoring and alerting - alerts when backups fail, retention compliance dashboards, storage cost tracking
✓ Multi-cloud DR - primary on AWS with DR on GCP/Azure, or on-prem primary with cloud DR burst capacity
✓ Data classification and retention - define what data needs backup, how long to retain, and compliance requirements (GDPR, SOC 2, HIPAA)
Engagement Process
01
Business Impact Analysis
Identify critical services, define acceptable downtime (RTO) and data loss (RPO) per service, map dependencies.
02
DR Architecture Design
Design backup strategy, replication topology, failover mechanisms, and recovery procedures. Document everything before building.
03
Implementation
Deploy backup automation, configure replication, set up monitoring, write runbooks. Test individual component recovery.
04
DR Testing & Handoff
Full end-to-end DR drill. Validate RTO/RPO targets are met. Train your team. Schedule recurring quarterly tests.
Technology Stack
VeleropgBackRestBarmanAWS BackupAWS S3 Cross-Region ReplicationAurora Global DatabaseGCP Cloud SQLAzure Site RecoveryResticBorgBackupLonghornRook-CephRoute 53Cloud DNSTerraformAnsible
Frequently Asked Questions
How often should we test our DR plan?
At minimum quarterly. For critical systems, monthly. We automate DR tests so they run on schedule with results reported to a dashboard - no manual effort required after initial setup.
What is the difference between RTO and RPO?
RTO (Recovery Time Objective) is how long you can afford to be down. RPO (Recovery Point Objective) is how much data you can afford to lose. A 1-hour RPO means you might lose up to 1 hour of data. These drive every architectural decision.
Can you protect us against ransomware?
Yes. Immutable backups (S3 Object Lock, GCP retention policies) cannot be deleted or encrypted by an attacker even if they compromise your cloud account. We also isolate backup storage in a separate account with restricted access.
Do we need multi-region DR?
Depends on your RTO. Single-region with multi-AZ gives you resilience against individual data centre failures. Multi-region protects against full regional outages. We recommend multi-region for any service where downtime costs more than $10k/hour.
What about backing up Kubernetes clusters?
Velero backs up all Kubernetes resources (deployments, configmaps, secrets) and persistent volumes. We schedule daily backups with 30-day retention, test restores monthly, and can recover an entire cluster or individual namespaces.
Ready to talk backup, dr & business continuity?
Book a free 30-minute architecture review. We'll assess your setup and give you an honest recommendation.