Mercan Technology Insights
Where should the plan begin?
Identify the applications that would interrupt business operations, then map the data, identity and network services each application needs. Backup protects copies of data. Disaster recovery defines how the service is brought back in a usable order.
What should IT teams evaluate?
- Agree on acceptable data loss and downtime with business owners for each workload.
- Review access boundaries, immutable-copy needs and separation of backup locations.
- Test restoration and failover steps, including application dependencies.
Mercan perspective
The same recovery model need not apply to every system. Once dependencies and business impact are clear, teams can scope backup, replication and DR services separately and choose an operating model they can test.