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Backup and disaster recovery
A backup nobody has ever tried to restore is not a backup. It is a hope. We test ours, on a fixed schedule.
In short
Managed backup for offices in Albania: automated copies of workstations, servers and mailboxes, one copy held off site, periodic restore verification and a written plan for getting running again after a failure or an attack.
Almost every office has something that resembles a backup: a folder synced to the cloud, an external disk plugged into the server, a belief that the important files all live in some subscription service. The problem always surfaces at the same moment, when things have to be put back and it turns out the copy is weeks old, covered only one folder, or that the ransomware encrypted the attached disk too.
A backup done properly answers three questions before anything happens: how much work we can afford to lose, how quickly we have to be running again, and who checks that the copies work. Those are business decisions, not technical ones, and we take them together before configuring anything.
What we put in place
Automated, scheduled copies
Workstations, servers, NAS and mailboxes, at a frequency decided on the value of the data rather than the software default.
One copy off site
Because a fire, a theft or a flood takes the backup disk with it if it sits in the same room.
Immutable copies
At least one version that ransomware cannot encrypt or delete, even if it reaches administrator credentials.
Restore verification
At agreed intervals we actually restore something and write down the result. It is the only way to know it works.
Recovery plan
Who does what, in what order and with what priority in the first hours after a serious failure. Written beforehand, not improvised during.
Backup of mail and cloud services
Subscription suites guarantee the infrastructure, not your history. A deletion or a compromised account stays your problem, so we copy those too.
The two questions everything starts from
The jargon calls them RPO and RTO. Translated, they are the only two things you have to decide: we size the rest around them.
| Question | What it means | Effect on the design |
|---|---|---|
| How much work can we lose? | The gap between two copies: with a nightly backup, you can lose a day. | Sets the copy frequency and the cost of storage. |
| How fast must we be running again? | The hours of downtime acceptable before the damage gets serious. | Sets whether a restore is enough or a standby system is needed. |
The most common case is not a cyberattack
It is accidental deletion, followed by a failed disk and a laptop lost or stolen while travelling. A backup that covers those three well already covers most of what actually happens in offices.
Questions about this service
We agree with you where the copy goes based on confidentiality needs and applicable law, including rules on transferring data outside the country. It is an explicit choice in the quote, not a detail buried in a configuration.
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