The last point-in-time that IT systems and applications can be recovered to. RPO is dictated by the replication technology used.Backups, Storage Replication, Continuous Data Replication

DR101: RPO & RTO Explained

Disaster Recovery isn’t just about protecting yourself from natural disasters. Ultimately, it’s about ensuring that whatever happens to your IT infrastructure, your business won’t su�er extended downtime. Enter RPO/RTO.

RPORecovery Point Objective

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and 5 minutes to ruin it. If you think about that,

you’ll do things di�erently. -Warren Bu�ett

How quickly applications are recovered and operations are resumed. RTO is influenced by the level of manual vs automated recovery processes.Boot Ordering of VMs, Re-directing Network Tra�c, Recovering Application Stacks Consistently

RTORecovery Time Objective

*Based on a $100M company

Time really is money

RPOReplication Technology RTO Financial Impact

Data Loss + Downtime + Data Entry

Daily Backups 24 Hours 24 Hours $821,917

Storage Replication 4 Hours 4 Hours $136,986

Continuous Data Replication 20 Seconds 15 Minutes $2,980

4 HOURS 4 HOURS 4 HOURS

Data Loss

RTORPO

Disaster strikes 1:05 PM

Data restored 5:05 PM

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