Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity in Cloud

Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity in Cloud Cloud environments offer practical tools to recover quickly after a disruption. Disaster recovery (DR) focuses on restoring IT systems, while business continuity (BC) covers people and processes so work can continue. Together, they reduce downtime, protect data, and keep customers informed. To plan well, define two goals for each workload: how much data you can lose (RPO) and how fast you must be back online (RTO). These metrics guide choices for replication, backups, and failover. Keep them realistic and aligned with business needs. ...

September 22, 2025 · 2 min · 392 words