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DISASTER-RECOVERY4 MIN READ

Keep RTO, RPO, and MTO straight

Recall the difference between RTO, RPO, and maximum tolerable outage during DR planning.

What does RTO answer? Think downtime. How long the business can wait for service restoration. RTO is the maximum acceptable delay between interruption and restored service. timing What does RPO answer? Think data gap. How much data loss measured in time the business can tolerate. RPO points to the oldest acceptable recovery point before the disruption. data RTO versus RPO in one checkout outage The two targets can be different because they control different risks. compare The business says everything needs zero downtime and zero data loss. A common planning-room pressure point. Your line Let's price three options and decide…

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