Backup and DR with restore drills you can actually defend.
Replication, immutable backups, and DR sites designed with the network path in mind. We name the RTO and RPO, then we prove them in scheduled drills.
- image-based · file-level · database · SaaS
- immutable · air-gapped · separate fault domain
- warm · hot · pilot-light DR topologies
- quarterly restore drills · written reports
Backup & Disaster Recovery, in plain terms.
Backup with the discipline that decides whether the restore actually works. Image-based and file-level. Immutable, air-gapped, and stored in a fault domain separate from the primary. Source coverage across hypervisors, cloud-native workloads, databases, file shares, and SaaS estates like Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace. Retention designed against the regulator, not the salesperson.
Disaster recovery designed against numbers we can defend. RTO and RPO set against business reality — not aspirational targets that fail the first audit. Warm, hot, and pilot-light topologies depending on the workload. DR sites in a separate region or a separate facility with documented failover, failback, and dependency order. Runbooks written for the on-call engineer, not the architect.
Restore drills on a schedule. We exercise restores quarterly at minimum — full VM recoveries, database point-in-time restores, and full-site failover tests — and we issue a written report after each one. Because we operate the network underneath, we plan DR with the transit, peering, and DNS topology in view, not as an afterthought.
Common triggers for this engagement.
- 01You have backups but you have not tested a restore in over a year
- 02Your DR plan is a document, not a tested capability
- 03You are facing a compliance audit that asks for evidence of restore testing
- 04You need an off-site DR target with a different power and carrier footprint than your primary
Questions teams ask before signing.
What RTO and RPO can you actually deliver?
It depends on the workload and the budget. Sub-minute RPO with hot DR for the workloads that justify it. Hours for warm. A day for cold archive. We set the numbers against business impact and we prove them in drills, not in a slide.
Do you store backups outside our primary cloud or facility?
Always. Backups in the same fault domain as the primary are not backups. We store immutable copies in a separate facility, a separate cloud region, or our own colo — whichever fault model fits the threat profile.
How often do you test restores?
Quarterly at minimum, with a written report each time. High-impact workloads on a monthly cadence. Full DR failover tests at least annually, with stakeholder sign-off and documented lessons.
Can you protect Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace?
Yes. SaaS data is not backed up by the SaaS vendor in the way most teams assume. We run independent backup for Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, Gmail, and Drive with retention against your compliance policy.
Frequently scoped alongside this work.
Data Center Colocation
Carrier-neutral colocation with the network already terminated. Tier III facilities, HIPAA-ready environments, and an engineer to point at the cage.
Cloud Computing
Managed cloud workloads across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle, IBM, DigitalOcean, Vultr, and Akamai Cloud (Linode) — or hosted on our own colocation footprint when the math says repatriate. Designed and run by senior operators.
Compliance Readiness
Mapping your environment to the controls auditors actually check, and closing the gaps before the audit window opens. We've sat on both sides of that table.
24/7 NOC
Eyes on your network around the clock, run by the engineers who write the runbooks. Pages routed to humans, not a ticket queue — for incidents that need a real person at 3 a.m.