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_
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   (YOUR DATA CENTRE)
   

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2. “
   NOT JUST
   ACTS OF GOD_
   (YOUR FINGER)
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3. KEY TERMS FOR
   RECOVERY_
   Recovery Time Objective (RTO)
   Recovery Point Objective (RPO)
   Service Level Agreement (SLA)
   Service Level Objective (SLO)
   

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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.
   

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5. RECOVERY POINT
   OBJECTIVE_
   The maximum amount of time since the last data
   recovery point.
   How much data loss is acceptable.
   

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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.
   

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7. LET’S MAKE
   A PLAN!_
   

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8. WHAT’S IN
   A PLAN?_ Triggering events
   RTO/RPO
   Key personnel
   Recovery steps
   Testing procedure
   

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9. “
   TRIGGERING
   EVENTS_
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10. “
    RTO/RPO_
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11. “
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    KEY
    PERSONNEL_
    

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12. “
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    RECOVERY
    STEPS_
    

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13. “
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    TESTING
    PROCEDURE_
    

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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?
    

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15. UNDERSTANDING
    YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES_
    Do you have SLAs with your customers?
    Do you have SLAs with your vendors?
    

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16. MORE
    POLLS!_
    

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17. DISASTER
    RECOVERY
    STRATEGIES_ COST/COMPLEXITY
    LOW HIGH
    BACKUP
    AND
    RESTORE
    PILOT
    LIGHT
    WARM
    STANDBY
    MULTI
    SITE
    RPO/RTO
    HOURS SECONDS
    

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18. BACKUP AND
    RESTORE_
    Cost: $$$$
    Simple
    RTO/RPO of hours
    Recover faster with IaC
    

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19. PILOT
    LIGHT_
    Cost: $$$$
    “Live” data
    Services need time to start
    RPO/RTO < 1 hour
    

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20. WARM
    STANDBY_
    Cost: $$$$
    “Live” data
    Services can handle some
    traffic immediately
    Testable
    RPO/RTO of minutes
    

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21. MULTI-SITE
    ACTIVE/ACTIVE_
    Cost: $$$$
    No failover
    RPO ~ seconds
    Real-time RTO
    

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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_
    

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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
    

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24. MORE
    POLLS!_
    

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25. KEY
    TAKEAWAYS_
    Identify your RTOs and RPOs
    You need a plan!
    Architect for success
    Test your plan!
    

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26. KEEP IN
    TOUCH_
    http:/
    /www.scalefactory.com/
    https:/
    /github.com/scalefactory
    @scalefactory
    jon@scalefactory.com
    

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