People use “backup” and “disaster recovery” as if they mean the same thing. They do not, and assuming they do is how businesses end up with their data safe but their operations down for days.
Backup is about the data
A backup is a copy of your data you can restore if files are lost, corrupted or encrypted. It answers one question: can I get my data back? That is necessary, but on its own it does not get you working again.
Disaster recovery is about the business
Disaster recovery is the plan and infrastructure that gets your systems, not just your files, running again after a serious event: a failed server, a site outage, a ransomware hit. It answers a bigger question: how fast can we operate again?
Two numbers that matter
Recovery decisions come down to how much data you can afford to lose and how long you can afford to be down. Those two targets drive how backup and recovery are designed, and they are a business decision as much as a technical one.
Get both right together
Backup without recovery leaves you with data and no way to work. Recovery without reliable backup has nothing to restore. We design them together. Book a review and we will pressure-test your current plan.
