Agencies need to improve their recovery time objectives for applications, data sets and systems to ensure they continue to operate in the face of increased threats to their IT environments. Recovery ...

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Recovery Point Objective (RPO) is in reference to the maximum amount of data loss that can be allowed. Should a company achieve an RPO of zero, it will essentially mean that no data was lost. Recovery ...

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 ...

SQL Server instances, even if equipped with provisions like automatic backup and recovery, are not sufficiently protected against sudden, disastrous situations like multi-site database failure, ...

You are only as good as your last backup, so it is said, so making regular backups is a keystone of any business continuity and disaster recovery strategy. Firms need to keep copies of their data to ...

As noted in the first article in this series, IT disaster recovery (DR) strategies and procedures help organisations protect their investments in IT systems and infrastructures. The essential mission ...

Last month we looked at various types of database recovery, how they work, and how DBAs need to prepare for recovery scenarios. This month, let’s delve a little deeper into the issues and decisions ...