Set business recovery objectives
Agree how much data loss and service interruption each workload can tolerate. Map application, identity, network, storage, and reporting dependencies that affect recovery beyond the database itself.
Senior-led database delivery
Database Disaster Recovery & High Availability
Turn recovery expectations into tested procedures. Review backups, replication, failover, dependencies, and the people who must act when a database becomes unavailable.
US-incorporated · Senior-led · Direct and under-your-brand delivery
When to bring us in
Start with the operating problem.
For production estates with untested restores, unclear recovery ownership, a planned architecture change, or availability requirements that are not backed by current drill evidence.
Service scope
Agree the responsibilities before delivery begins.
Verify backups and restoration
Review backup coverage, retention, access, encryption dependencies, restore targets, and verification history. Plan isolated restore exercises and validate representative business transactions after recovery.
Review availability and failover
Inspect replication, topology, failure domains, connectivity, and failover authority. Distinguish planned transitions from emergency recovery, including potential data loss and the procedure for returning to normal operation.
Rehearse and maintain
Run an approved drill with clear isolation, stop conditions, decision owners, and timing. Capture actual results, gaps, corrective work, and the next review date as the architecture changes.
What you receive
Technical work with reviewable outputs.
Workload RPO/RTO and dependency matrix
Backup and restore-readiness findings
Failover, rollback, and communication runbooks
Drill evidence and remediation plan
The written scope identifies environments, owners, deliverables, exclusions, access, service hours, and acceptance. A senior lead reviews your inquiry and recommends the next step within one business day.
Delivery approach
A clear path from review to operating ownership.
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Define
Confirm critical workloads and business recovery objectives.
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Inspect
Review backups, replicas, access, and recovery dependencies.
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Rehearse
Exercise the agreed recovery scenario and capture evidence.
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Improve
Close gaps and schedule future verification.
Related delivery evidence
A partner relationship sustained over 5+ years.
Datrick's published partner case describes an initial database and migration delivery need that grew into more than five years of recurring DBA/NOC, BI, reporting, and analytics work. It demonstrates a delivery relationship, rather than a platform-specific performance guarantee.
Read the full case studyNamed technical ownershipReview scope, decisions, findings, and acceptance with a senior lead.
Defined commercial scopePricing follows environment complexity, coverage, access, and delivery responsibilities.
Ongoing support where neededTransition completed work into an agreed managed service with runbooks and reporting.
Before you engage
Common questions about database disaster recovery & high availability.
What is the difference between high availability and disaster recovery?
High availability aims to keep a service running through defined component failures. Disaster recovery addresses restoring service after a broader disruption. Their architectures, procedures, and recovery expectations must be designed together.
Does replication replace backups?
No. A recovery plan must consider deletion, corruption, unwanted changes, loss of access, and infrastructure failure. Replication and independently recoverable backup history serve different recovery needs.
Will a recovery drill affect production?
Drills are planned with the authorized owner, preferably using isolated targets where suitable. Any production-impacting test requires an agreed window, approvals, stop conditions, and a recovery path.
Can you guarantee our RPO and RTO before reviewing the system?
No. Business targets are inputs to the assessment. The architecture, dependencies, staffing, access, and measured drill results determine whether those targets can be supported.
Discuss the next step
Request a recovery review.
Share the platform, business impact, current ownership, and timeline. A senior lead will recommend a scoped next step.