Disaster recovery

What it is

Disaster Recovery combines replicated or recoverable workloads, alternate infrastructure, runbooks and tested failover/failback procedures.

Why it matters

Backups protect data, while DR focuses on restoring service availability; the design should be driven by Recovery Time Objective (RTO) and Recovery Point Objective (RPO).

What shapes the design

• Critical services and dependencies
• Recovery point objective: RPO
• Recovery time objective: RTO
• Testable recovery and restart sequence

QMTS delivery scope

We identify critical workloads and dependencies, define RTO/RPO targets, design recovery architecture and runbooks, implement replication or recovery mechanisms and test recovery procedures.

Customer deliverables

A documented and testable recovery capability with defined priorities, RTO/RPO targets and operational procedures.

Typical use cases

Critical business applications, data-center environments, virtual infrastructure, ransomware resilience and business-continuity programs.

Delivery lifecycle

• 01 Requirements discovery and current-state assessment.
• 02 Architecture, dependencies and implementation planning.
• 03 Technical specification, configuration baseline and delivery preparation.
• 04 Implementation, integration, testing and controlled commissioning.
• 05 As-built documentation, operational handover and managed support where required.

Before we start

To scope a project, describe the goal, users and sites, current systems, timing constraints and desired outcome. Solution scope and service terms are defined after assessment.