Backup is not Disaster Recovery (and here is why)
A backup is necessary but not sufficient for DR. The eight things that have to come after the backup before you can call a system real Disaster Recovery.
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A backup is necessary but not sufficient for DR. The eight things that have to come after the backup before you can call a system real Disaster Recovery.
A step-by-step method to measure a realistic RTO starting from a Business Impact Analysis. Spreadsheet template and the mistakes to avoid.
Storage pricing is not DR pricing. Hardware, bandwidth, head-count, drills, training: everything missing from your storage vendor's quote.
What Disaster Recovery is, how it is measured (RTO/RPO), which architectures exist and how to pick the right solution. Sefthy's reference guide.
Cost, RTO, operational complexity, compliance: a head-to-head comparison between cloud DR and a secondary on-prem site. When the second datacentre still makes sense.
SMBs, NIS2, public-tender requirements, cyber insurance: the 2026 picture and three feasible DR tiers for small budgets.
Having DR in a "European" cloud is no longer enough: what changes with NIS2, AgID and Italy's National Strategic Hub, and why an Italian cloud actually matters.
What a Layer-2 tunnel is, why in DR it matters more than anything else and how this single architectural choice separates a 4-minute RTO from a 4-hour one.
RTO and RPO are the two numbers that define every DR project. We explain what they are, how to calculate them and why in practice they are almost always under-declared.
When a 5-minute RPO is enough and when you need sub-second. The difference between interval snapshots, CDP and synchronous replication and what each really costs.
Four levels of DR drill (tabletop, walkthrough, partial, full failover), the cadences recommended by NIST and ISO 22301 and an operational checklist.