Backups are useful when recovery has been planned and tested
A backup plan should start with the information and systems your business needs to operate. Southcore can help you review what is protected, where copies are held, who can restore them and how recovery is tested. The right design depends on your environment and budget.
Build a practical recovery plan
Identify important data
List business files, email, cloud services, servers and specialist applications. Confirm which systems are covered by current backups and which are not.
Set recovery priorities
Discuss how long each system can be unavailable and how much recent data could be lost. These are recovery time and recovery point objectives, not automatic guarantees.
Separate and protect copies
Consider backup retention, access controls and copies isolated from ordinary administrator access. The 3-2-1 approach is a useful planning framework, but implementation and testing determine its value.
Test restoration
A successful backup job does not prove a useful restore. Agree periodic checks and document who makes the recovery decision during an incident.
What to ask before you choose backup support
Which systems and data are included? Where are copies stored? Who monitors failures? How often are restores tested? What recovery objectives are realistic and what would they cost?
Read our 3-2-1 backup guide and RTO and RPO explainer for the concepts behind a recovery plan.
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