High availability disaster recovery for the Managed Cloud service

Abstract

Consider the different recovery options available for your business continuity plan.

A part of your business continuity planning is to ensure you have a high availability disaster recovery (HADR) plan that best suits your solution. High availability means having uptime available that is higher than normal in the event of a disaster, so the system can failover automatically. Your plan must also include a process for recovering your data in the event of an outage, incorporating:

  • Backup technology

  • Your secondary environment

  • The steps of the recovery process

  • Cost

  • The recovery point objective (RPO)

  • The recovery time objective (RTO)

Sitecore Managed Cloud offers three different disaster recovery options that differ slightly in cost and specifications, depending on your requirements. The recovery options available are: