Backup and Disaster Recovery for Lafayette and Acadiana Businesses
A failed server, ransomware, or a deleted folder can stop a business cold. Many small businesses find out too late that their backup was never tested, or never worked. SilverWulf designs, deploys, and manages backup and recovery, tests restores, and keeps the plan documented.
Four Things to Check About Any Backup
Ask these of any provider, including us.
Has it ever been restored?
A backup you have never restored is a hope, not a plan. A real test restores actual files, and now and then a whole system, to confirm they open and to time how long it takes. Ask to see the last test.
How far back can you go?
This is retention. Ransomware can sit unnoticed for days, so last night's backup may already be damaged. Ask how many daily, weekly, and monthly versions are kept, and how long.
Where is the other copy?
The 3-2-1 idea: three copies of your data, on two kinds of storage, with one copy away from your building. A local backup gives fast restores, and an encrypted cloud copy covers fire, theft, and flood.
How long, and how much?
Two numbers shape a plan. Recovery time objective (RTO) is how long you can be down. Recovery point objective (RPO) is how much recent work you can afford to lose. They set how often backups run and what they cost.
Backup & Disaster Recovery Questions
Common questions from business owners who want to be sure their data will be there when they need it.
How often do you back up our data?
It depends on how much recent work you can afford to lose. If losing a day of entries would be painful, backups need to run more than once a day. We set the schedule with you around that number, not a default.
Where is our data stored?
We design backups with a local copy for fast restores and an encrypted cloud copy that survives a fire, theft, or flood at your office.
Is OneDrive or Google Drive a backup?
Usually not. File sync keeps copies in step, so a deleted or encrypted file can sync everywhere. A backup keeps separate, older versions you can go back to.
Can you help us meet compliance requirements?
Yes. HIPAA, for example, requires a data backup plan, a disaster recovery plan, and an emergency-mode operation plan. We design backup and recovery to support those requirements and document the plan for audits.
How long would it take to restore our systems?
We define your recovery time objective (RTO) and recovery point objective (RPO) with you first, design to meet them, and test on a schedule so the answer is measured, not guessed.