Disaster Recovery on AWS

If you're building SaaS, your platform is your business. Component failure, malicious third parties, and operational mishaps can threaten your data, and materially impact the health and longevity of your company. We'll walk you through the ways in which successful hypergrowth SaaS businesses proactively identify and mitigate these risks.

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1. “ DISASTERS_ Photo: NOAA/Unsplash (YOUR DATA CENTRE)
2. “ NOT JUST ACTS OF GOD_ (YOUR FINGER) Photo: -goldy-/iStock
3. KEY TERMS FOR RECOVERY_ Recovery Time Objective (RTO) Recovery Point Objective (RPO) Service Level Agreement (SLA) Service Level Objective (SLO)
4. RECOVERY TIME OBJECTIVE_ The maximum amount of time a service can be degraded. Measured from start of incident to restoration of service. In short: downtime.
5. RECOVERY POINT OBJECTIVE_ The maximum amount of time since the last data recovery point. How much data loss is acceptable.
6. SERVICE LEVEL OBJECTIVE_ SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENT_ Defines a service level indicator (metric) and its desired value. E.g. The service must be accessible 99.95% of the time within a month. An agreement between a service provider and their customers. Defines a service level objective and the compensation if this objective is not met.
7. LET’S MAKE A PLAN!_
8. WHAT’S IN A PLAN?_ Triggering events RTO/RPO Key personnel Recovery steps Testing procedure
9. “ TRIGGERING EVENTS_ Photo: Max LaRochelle / Unsplash
10. “ RTO/RPO_ Photo: Afif Ramdhasuma / Unsplash
11. “ Photo: Vlad Hilitanu / Unsplash KEY PERSONNEL_
12. “ Photo: Bruno Nascimento / Unsplash RECOVERY STEPS_
13. “ Photo: Nguyen Dang Hoang Nhu / Unsplash TESTING PROCEDURE_
14. Photo: Colton Sturgeon / Unsplash DETERMENING RTO AND RPO IS A BALANCING ACT_ What disasters do you need to plan for? How likely are they to occur? How does this fit in with a larger business continuity plan? How much is it going to cost?
15. UNDERSTANDING YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES_ Do you have SLAs with your customers? Do you have SLAs with your vendors?
16. MORE POLLS!_
17. DISASTER RECOVERY STRATEGIES_ COST/COMPLEXITY LOW HIGH BACKUP AND RESTORE PILOT LIGHT WARM STANDBY MULTI SITE RPO/RTO HOURS SECONDS
18. BACKUP AND RESTORE_ Cost: $$$$ Simple RTO/RPO of hours Recover faster with IaC
19. PILOT LIGHT_ Cost: $$$$ “Live” data Services need time to start RPO/RTO < 1 hour
20. WARM STANDBY_ Cost: $$$$ “Live” data Services can handle some traffic immediately Testable RPO/RTO of minutes
21. MULTI-SITE ACTIVE/ACTIVE_ Cost: $$$$ No failover RPO ~ seconds Real-time RTO
22. “NO PLAN OF OPERATIONS REACHES WITH ANY CERTAINTY BEYOND THE FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH THE ENEMY'S MAIN FORCE HELMUTH VON MOLTKE DON’T FORGET TO TEST_
23. HOW WE CAN HELP_ BACKUP & DISASTER RECOVERY REVIEW You’ll get: A hands-on assessment. A data catalogue. A disaster recovery readiness report. OR Book in a free surgery to discuss your DR strategy
24. MORE POLLS!_
25. KEY TAKEAWAYS_ Identify your RTOs and RPOs You need a plan! Architect for success Test your plan!
26. KEEP IN TOUCH_ http:/ /www.scalefactory.com/ https:/ /github.com/scalefactory @scalefactory jon@scalefactory.com