7 October 2026 · Glasgow · Edinburgh
Backup is not disaster recovery: a guide for Scottish businesses
Having a backup is a good start. But a backup alone does not tell you how long it will take to get working again after a server failure, a long outage, or a ransomware attack.
Three things to understand
- Backup: a copy of your data you can restore.
- High availability: systems designed to keep running even if one part fails.
- Disaster recovery: a tested plan to get back up and running after something serious goes wrong.
Two useful terms are RTO (how quickly you need to be back) and RPO (how much data you could afford to lose). Our high availability and disaster recovery page explains how we plan, build, and test this.
Tell us which systems your business cannot do without. We will recommend a level of protection that fits your needs and budget.