Everyone agrees that backups should be sent off site, but not everyone agrees on how that should be accomplished. The decision about which method to use will affect your recovery-time objective (RTO), ...

The recovery point objective (RPO) and the recovery time objective (RTO) are two very specific parameters that are closely associated with recovery. The RTO is how long you can basically go without a ...

RPO represents the maximum data loss you can afford as a function of time. Most backups occur periodically, with each backup event being a recovery point. The RPO is a combination of the time between ...

Ironing out recovery time objectives (RTO) and recovery point objectives (RPO) is crucial to balancing what stakeholders want and what it will cost to meet those expectations. When evaluating the ...

Here’s a surprising take from a data resilience expert: Backups are useless. That is to say, backups are useless if you can’t efficiently and effectively recover from them. The reality is that backups ...

How much data are you willing to lose? A solid disaster recovery (DR) strategy will help ensure that all those backups your IT runs daily are available and valid when you need them. Your recovery ...