Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS): What You Need to Know
Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS): What You Need to Know
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In our digital-first era, businesses cannot afford downtime. Disasters, from cyberattacks to hardware failures, can strike whenever. This is where Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS)—protected and safe in the cloud to protect your critical systems and data—comes into play. Here are the facts you should consider presented in simple, easy to consume points:
What Is DRaaS?
DRaaS is a cloud service that replicates and hosts your entire IT infrastructure in a secondary location. You can recover data and and bring operations back online quickly after a disaster and not have to have a second physical location.
Why It Matters
One hour of downtime can cost some businesses thousands or even millions of dollars. DRaaS reduces recovery time and recovery point objectives (RPOs) so that business is continued with the least disruption.
Cloud-Based Capability
DRaaS doesn’t require the tangible hardware involved with DR or BC. Everything is managed in the cloud and incurs lower maintenance and management costs while being scalable as your expanded your operations.
Fast Recovery with Automation
DRaaS solutions automate and orchestrate the services to bring the systems back online quickly. So if you experience a ransomware attack or a systems crash, you can bring or restore operations in hours, not days.
Flexibility and Customizability
DRaaS is not a "one-size-fits-all." Companies can customize their disaster recovery plans using input systems they determine are most important, compliance mandates, or price constraints. Some companies choose to recover everything, others only selected critical workloads.
Testing is Never a Problem
While regular testing of disaster recovery is important, it is often overlooked because it is hard to do. Most DRaaS providers provide non-disruptive testing, which allows you to test your recovery plans are correct without hindering operations.
Compliance & Security
As compliance obligations increase, DRaaS helps by providing consistent records and procedures that are secure and auditable for the backup and recovery processes. Data encryption and secure access can be standardized, as can audit logs.
Great for Small to Mid Size Businesses.
While large enterprises may have the disaster recovery resources internally, DRaaS has given all companies, regardless of size, access to enterprise level recovery capabilities at the price to smaller companies.
Selecting a Provider
Look for providers that have good proven uptime and support 24/7, give you customizable recovery plans and use clear SLAs. During a disruptive crisis, a trustworthy partner means everything.
Conclusion
DRaaS is more than a backup plan—it's an essential aspect of being resilient in business. With an appropriate solution, you can respond to unexpected interruptions, relieved your data and business activity are secure.