Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) is a managed cloud solution that replicates and protects business-critical applications, data, and infrastructure to a secure cloud environment. In the event of an IT outage, cyberattack, hardware failure, or natural disaster, DRaaS enables rapid failover to backup systems, ensuring near-zero business disruption and minimal data loss. The service supports various recovery models—active-active, active-passive, and cold DR—allowing organizations to balance cost and recovery speed. DRaaS leverages multi-availability zones, automated backups, and continuous data replication to meet prescribed Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) and Recovery Time Objectives (RTO). Periodic drills and orchestration tools ensure operational readiness, while integrated monitoring, security, and compliance features protect against threats and support regulatory requirements. Failback mechanisms allow seamless restoration to primary systems once normal operations resume, and centralized management simplifies scheduling, monitoring, and restoring workloads across cloud and on-premises environments.

Key Features

Rapid Failover and Failback Switches operations to backup systems in the cloud during outages, then restores to primary systems when resolved.

• Minimizes downtime and business disruption
• Supports automated and manual failover/failback

Continuous Data Replication and Automated Backups Replicates data and applications in real-time or scheduled intervals to secure cloud locations.

• Ensures up-to-date backups
• Meets RPO/RTO requirements

Multi-Availability Zone Redundancy Stores backups across multiple cloud regions for resilience.

• Protects against regional outages
• Enhances data availability

Orchestration and Automation Automates recovery processes and periodic testing.

• Streamlines disaster recovery workflows
• Enables regular drills for operational readiness

Centralized Management Interface Unified dashboard for scheduling, monitoring, and restoring workloads.

• Manages cloud and on-premises environments
• Simplifies administration

Security and Compliance Encrypts data in transit and at rest, enforces access controls, and supports regulatory compliance.

• Protects against cyber threats and ransomware
• Meets industry standards (GDPR, HIPAA, SOC 2, etc.)

Benefits

Business Continuity and Minimal Disruption Ensures operations continue with minimal downtime during disasters.

• Reduces financial and reputational impact
• Maintains customer trust

Cost Efficiency and Scalability Eliminates need for secondary data centers and scales to business needs.

• Lowers total cost of ownership (TCO)
• Adapts to changing workloads

Regulatory Compliance and Security Supports legal and industry requirements for data protection.

• Reduces risk of non-compliance penalties
• Enhances data security posture

Operational Readiness and Resilience Regular drills and automated testing improve recovery speed and reliability.

• Identifies weaknesses before real incidents
• Ensures staff preparedness