Calculate the recovery gap
Calculate and interpret gaps between DR objectives and test actuals.
Support portal target: RTO 4 hours and RPO 30 minutes. Test result: first valid transaction at 5 hours 25 minutes, restored data 83 minutes old. Recovery gap = measured actual minus approved objective, interpreted separately for time and data. Teams often say the test passed because the system eventually came back, but eventual recovery does not prove the agreed objective. Time gap RTA 5h25m minus RTO 4h00m equals 1h25m late. The service missed the recovery time objective by 85 minutes. Look for slow decisions, manual approvals, cold capacity, or unclear sequencing. Data gap RPA 83m minus RPO 30m equals 53m…
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