Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) is a cloud based data backup service model that hosts and replicates the business’ data and applications in the event of a natural or man-made disaster. A DRaaS plan allows for business continuity in the event of a system failure.
Business owners work with DRaaS providers to create data recovery plans which outline how to recover and restore essential IT infrastructure in case of business interruptions. Included in this plan is a disaster recovery workflow which details what gets backed up as well as the priorities for data and application recovery. Some companies will choose to protect their entire computing environment while others will decide to only back up vital functions.
Automated test recovery - Automated testing to ensure your data will be recovered accurately
RPO (Recovery point objective) - This is the amount of time between data backups, therefore the maximum amount of data that might be lost
RTO (Recovery time objective) - The maximum amount of time that can elapse before you must have your data restored
Data protection - Additional security to protect your backup data from viruses and ransomware
Technical support
The pricing structure for Disaster Recovery as a Service software is very complex and is best estimated by contacting the vendor. As a general guideline, you can expect to pay based on the amount of storage and number of virtual machines required to emulate your production environment as well as your defined RPO and RTO.
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Sungard, headquartered near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, offers disaster recovery as a service via the Sungard Availability Services Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS).
Continuum Managed Services offers Continuum BDR, a combination of disaster recovery technology and Continuum's NOC with 24x7 monitoring and troubleshooting support, supporting MSPs with extended BDR capacity.
Acronis Disaster Recovery is a hybrid cloud, all-in-one, complete IT business continuity solution that protects, and restores data, servers, or entire data centers suffering from a natural or man-made disaster.
The UK-based Daisy Group offers their Business Continuity services to cover a wide range of technology dependent business operations.
Verizon offers disaster recovery as a service.
CAPS in Shelton, Connecticut offers disaster recovery as a service.
UK company ServerChoice offers Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS).
Global company NTT Communications offers Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS).
Bluelock in Indiana offers Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS).
Windstream offers Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS).
Seagate offers Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS).
Flexential (formerly Peak 10) headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina offers Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS), with the Flexential Recovery Cloud.
C&W Business, the business software unit of the Caribbean and Latin American telecom C&W Communications headquartered in Florida, offers disaster-recovery-as-a-service (DRaaS).
UK company Databarracks offers Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS).
DXC Technology provides a suite of continuity services, including their DRaaS Managed Continuity Service powered by Microsoft, as well as continuity consulting and other related services. DXC Technology was formed from the merger of CSC and HPE enterprise services.
KeepItSafe is a custom cloud service provider that promises to deliver comprehensive backup and disaster recovery solutions. KeepItSafe says it provides global cloud data availability through its Backup-as-a-Service (BaaS), Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service (DRaaS), endpoint protection, and SaaS appli…
Computer Generated Solutions (CGS) Inc in New York offers Cloud Services providing managed cloud migration and infrastructure, disaster recovery as a service, and desktop as a service.
Connectria in St. Louis, Missouri offers a range of Managed Cloud services, including management of public and hybrid cloud infrastructure, disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS), private cloud, and desktop as a service (DaaS).
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INAP Disaster Recovery is a Disaster-Recovery-as-a-Service (DRaaS) solution. The vendor's goal is to provide customers with business continuity, avoid downtime, and help them ensure their applications work for the people that rely on them.
Bell.One offers Backup as a Service, providing full disk backup and recovery with data transfer across a secure VPN, as well as fast and easy online recovery.
Sirius Computer Solutions headquartered in San Antonio offers the Sirius Business Continuity service, a disaster preparation and recovery planning and management service.