Frequent readers of this blog know that I am obsessed with data protection in general and data restoration specifically. Obviously these two elements are critical for today’s data-intensive businesses ...

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 ...

Everyone agrees that backups should be sent off site, but not everyone agrees on how that should be accomplished. The decision about which method to use will affect your recovery-time objective (RTO), ...

RPO represents the maximum data loss you can afford as a function of time. Most backups occur periodically, with each backup event being a recovery point. The RPO is a combination of the time between ...

Enterprise data protection and backup schemes range from the very simple to the very complex. In all but the simplest environments, you typically see a patchwork of software and hardware functionality ...