When disaster strikes, every second counts. Whether it’s a server failure, data corruption, or a natural disaster, you need a system in place to protect your valuable assets. That’s where Synextra’s disaster recovery services come into play.
Our DR solutions involve replicating some or all of your virtual machines to an alternative location. This setup provides a digital safety net, allowing you to react swiftly in the face of potential service loss.
If things hit the fan, you can quickly activate the replicated infrastructure elsewhere, getting your business operations back online with minimal disruption.
Benefits of our Disaster Recovery Services
Why choose Synextra for disaster recovery?
At Synextra, we understand the importance of swift action when a disaster threatens your business operations. That’s why we’ve crafted disaster recovery managed services designed to minimise downtime, protect your earnings, and give you peace of mind.
But we don’t just provide a service. We build relationships. Our team is friendly, knowledgeable, and dedicated to providing the support you need, when you need it. Our disaster recovery consultants have years of experience, ensuring that your business is always in safe hands.
No matter which lemons life throws at you, we’ve got your back.
Disaster Recovery Solutions
Cloud-to-Cloud Replication
Move workloads between cloud platforms or regions, keeping systems ready to spin up when disaster strikes.
Azure Site Recovery (ASR)
Use Microsoft’s native tool to replicate on-prem or cloud VMs into Azure’s DR solution for fast, reliable failover.
Continuous VM Replication
Replicate VMs with tools like Veeam or Zerto for near-continuous protection and rapid recovery across locations.
On-Premises DR
Run a second site or data centre, keeping workloads mirrored locally for quick recovery and minimal downtime.
Hybrid Disaster Recovery
Mix public cloud and private hosting to create a tailored, cost-effective failover strategy for critical workloads.
Backup-Based Recovery
Restore from secure offsite backups, providing a safety net when replication isn’t required or budgets are tight.
Prepare for the worst, expect the best
At its core, disaster recovery is all about preparation. Just like a fire drill, a good disaster recovery plan ensures you know exactly what to do if disaster strikes. It means your systems are resilient and prepared, and nothing will take you by surprise.
The idea of data backup and recovery processes might not seem too exciting on the surface. But imagine going a few hours without your IT systems – could your business cope? And losing precious data? What a nightmare.
But we prefer the optimistic take. Disaster recovery is a bit like insurance for your IT infrastructure – and having it means your teams can put in their best efforts knowing their work is safe.
You can safeguard everything from your data centres to your employees’ laptops with off-site cloud backup solutions. From disaster recovery in Azure, to AWS and other cloud service providers, we can design the best disaster recovery solution that aligns with your strategy.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is disaster recovery?
Disaster recovery is one of the most important IT services a company can have access to. It’s a set of policies and procedures designed to protect your business from potential disasters, ensuring an efficient recovery process to maintain business continuity. It typically involves restoring IT infrastructure and systems to normal functionality after a cyber attack, hardware failure, or other disruptive events. These might include power outages, connectivity failures, ransomware threats, or ‘acts of God’ affecting your data centre.
What is a disaster recovery plan?
A disaster recovery plan is a detailed strategy outlining how your business will recover critical data and restore IT operations following a disaster. It’s your roadmap to resuming business operations with minimal disruption.
In many companies, it’s a formal document that outlines how they’ll respond to certain scenarios, including the people responsible, systems used and policies enforced.
What are RTO and RPO?
Recovery Time Objective (RTO) is the target time you set for the recovery of your IT and business activities after a disaster has struck. Recovery Point Objective (RPO) is the maximum age of files that you must recover from backup storage for normal operations to resume if a system disruption occurs. At Synextra, a typical RTO is usually 30 minutes or less, and RPO is usually 15 seconds.
What is Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS)?
Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) is a cloud-based service model that allows an organisation to backup its data and IT infrastructure in a third-party cloud computing environment, as well as providing all necessary disaster recovery processes.
DRaaS is different from simple cloud-based backup services or traditional failover infrastructure. This is because alongside protecting data, it provides standby computing capacity on demand for more rapid application recovery. Recovery resources are only paid for when they are used, making it more efficient than a traditional disaster recovery site where resources must be running constantly. DRaaS can be done ‘self-service’ in some models, or it can be assisted or fully managed by a third party (like Synextra).
How can disaster recovery protect against cyber attacks?
Disaster recovery is one important part of a cyber security strategy. While it won’t specifically stop attacks – that’s the job of firewalls, threat monitors, SOCs (Security Operations Centres), data protection practices, and so on – but in case an attack is successful, it’s crucial for data recovery. Disaster recovery is a foundational pillar of your business continuity plan, helping you avoid downtime and loss of earnings if anything goes wrong.
What is the difference between on-site and off-site disaster recovery?
On-site disaster recovery involves storing backup data and recovery provisions in the same location as your main data centre. In contrast, off-site disaster recovery involves storing this backup data in a geographically separate location, providing an extra layer of protection in the event of a physical disaster on-premise at the main site.
How much does a disaster recovery service cost?
The cost of disaster recovery services can vary significantly based on your business size, the amount of data you need to protect, and the specific services you require. Most providers offer flexible pricing models to accommodate the different needs of businesses out there.
What Azure disaster recovery services are available to protect my business?
Microsoft Azure offers a comprehensive set of disaster recovery services to support your DR strategy. Azure Site Recovery (ASR) enables continuous VM replication and failover across regions or clouds, forming a core part of disaster recovery on Azure. Azure Backup provides secure, off-site backup and disaster recovery in Azure, helping minimise data loss. These Azure disaster recovery solutions, combined with cloud-to-cloud replication, hybrid disaster recovery, and backup-based recovery options, allow you to create a tailored Azure recovery plan. With flexible Azure DR pricing, Azure DR options, and scalable Azure DR services, we can manage your Azure DR strategy to ensure rapid recovery, minimal downtime, and business continuity.
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