Less downtime with a disaster recovery plan.

On average, organisations experience around three outages per month—a surprisingly high figure. Each outage costs an average of €115,000, largely because employees are unable to work and business processes come to a halt. And getting everything back online can take time. This is why it’s crucial to recognise the most common causes of downtime, so you can respond quickly and minimise disruption. But what are the biggest threats?

• Failing hard drives
• Poor hosting choices
• Defective our outdated equipment
• Cyberattacks

Imagine your data centre goes down. What do you do? That’s when you need a disaster recovery plan. When we hear the word ‘disaster’, we tend to think of major events like fires or floods. But in reality, the biggest risks are often more everyday—human error, viruses, or system corruption. Even with the best preparations, you might still get caught off guard. Fortunately, if you have a disaster recovery plan in place, you’ll be ready.

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The goal of disaster recovery is to guarantee business continuity, even in the face of major disruptions. This could involve restoring all your business activities—or just the most critical ones. Typical disaster recovery strategies include offsite backups, , cloud replication, or duplicating your entire infrastructure at a secondary location.

An analysis will identify which systems are suitable for disaster recovery and whether your environment is resilient enough to handle a disaster scenario. Mapping this process gives you a clear disaster recovery plan, setting out exactly what actions to take if your data centre is compromised. With a solid plan in place, you can limit damage and minimise downtime.