Application Backup - Recovery Time Objective

A Recovery Time Objective (RTO) is the time that it takes to recover data and applications.

In the event of a failure (such as a system-wide virus, a deletion of production data due to user error, or hardware failure), the RTO is the time it takes to recover from the disaster and have your data and applications back online and running in your recovery site.

Figure 1. The Backups tab for an application instance

The downtime associated with waiting for applications and data to be recovered can result in significant loss of revenue and productivity. ThinkAgile CP can deliver an RTO within seconds. Meeting that objective can be as simple as selecting a quick DR backup for an application and creating a new instance. In this case, the entire application is recovered to the selected point in time, including all disks, the operating system, and the application data, to an application-consistent state. ThinkAgile CP also gives you the ability to temporarily revert to a local backup at a specific point in time. As needed, you can either cancel the temporary revert and return to the latest backupschedule, or you can make the revert permanent.