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Disaster Recovery on AWS

Disaster Recovery on AWS

If you're building SaaS, your platform is your business. Component failure, malicious third parties, and operational mishaps can threaten your data, and materially impact the health and longevity of your company. We'll walk you through the ways in which successful hypergrowth SaaS businesses proactively identify and mitigate these risks.

The Scale Factory

April 04, 2023
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  1. KEY TERMS FOR RECOVERY_ Recovery Time Objective (RTO) Recovery Point

    Objective (RPO) Service Level Agreement (SLA) Service Level Objective (SLO)
  2. RECOVERY TIME OBJECTIVE_ The maximum amount of time a service

    can be degraded. Measured from start of incident to restoration of service. In short: downtime.
  3. RECOVERY POINT OBJECTIVE_ The maximum amount of time since the

    last data recovery point. How much data loss is acceptable.
  4. SERVICE LEVEL OBJECTIVE_ SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT_ Defines a service level

    indicator (metric) and its desired value. E.g. The service must be accessible 99.95% of the time within a month. An agreement between a service provider and their customers. Defines a service level objective and the compensation if this objective is not met.
  5. Photo: Colton Sturgeon / Unsplash DETERMENING RTO AND RPO IS

    A BALANCING ACT_ What disasters do you need to plan for? How likely are they to occur? How does this fit in with a larger business continuity plan? How much is it going to cost?
  6. DISASTER RECOVERY STRATEGIES_ COST/COMPLEXITY LOW HIGH BACKUP AND RESTORE PILOT

    LIGHT WARM STANDBY MULTI SITE RPO/RTO HOURS SECONDS
  7. WARM STANDBY_ Cost: $$$$ “Live” data Services can handle some

    traffic immediately Testable RPO/RTO of minutes
  8. “NO PLAN OF OPERATIONS REACHES WITH ANY CERTAINTY BEYOND THE

    FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH THE ENEMY'S MAIN FORCE HELMUTH VON MOLTKE DON’T FORGET TO TEST_
  9. HOW WE CAN HELP_ BACKUP & DISASTER RECOVERY REVIEW You’ll

    get: A hands-on assessment. A data catalogue. A disaster recovery readiness report. OR Book in a free surgery to discuss your DR strategy
  10. KEY TAKEAWAYS_ Identify your RTOs and RPOs You need a

    plan! Architect for success Test your plan!