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Disaster Recovery Planning & Setup
Disaster recovery that defines how quickly each system must return, replicates it to a secondary site or the cloud, and proves the plan with tests. For organisations whose operations stop when core systems go down.
- Recovery targets agreed per system
- Replication to cloud or a second site
- Failover rehearsed, not assumed
Disaster recovery planning and setup prepares your IT systems to recover after a major failure such as a data centre outage, ransomware attack, fire or flood. It defines recovery time and recovery point objectives for each system, builds a secondary environment, often in the cloud, writes runbooks and tests failover so the business can restore critical services in a known order.
Disaster Recovery Planning & SetupDisaster Recovery Planning & Setup: what it involves
A backup alone does not tell you how long it will take to be running again after a fire, flood, hardware failure or ransomware attack. Restoring dozens of servers one by one can take far longer than the business can tolerate, and the order matters: identity, networking and databases first, then applications. Without a written plan, recovery depends on whoever happens to be available and what they remember under pressure.
We work with your management team to rank systems and set a recovery time objective and recovery point objective for each. Then we design the technical setup to meet them, using tools such as Azure Site Recovery, AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery or replication to a secondary site. We write runbooks with step-by-step failover and failback instructions, contact lists and decision points, and run planned failover tests so gaps appear in a rehearsal rather than a real incident.
Questions your DR plan must answer
- 1Which systems must be back first, and in what order
- 2How much data loss each system can tolerate
- 3Where systems will run if the main site is unavailable
- 4Who declares a disaster and who carries out each step
- 5When the plan was last tested and what went wrong
Our Disaster Recovery Planning & Setup scope
Recovery targets, replication, runbooks and failover tests for key systems
Applications ranked by business impact with management sign-off.
Recovery time and data loss targets agreed for each system.
Azure Site Recovery, AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery or site replication.
Step-by-step failover and failback procedures your team can follow.
Planned tests in an isolated network without touching production.
Gaps found in testing tracked and closed before the next test.
What you receive, and what shapes the cost
What you receive
- A business impact summary with recovery priorities for each system
- Agreed RTO and RPO targets signed off by management
- A configured recovery environment with replication or backups in place
- Step-by-step recovery runbooks with named roles
- A test report showing failover results and follow-up actions
What affects the cost
- Number of systems that need fast recovery
- How strict the recovery time and data loss targets are
- Whether the recovery site is cloud based, a second office or a data centre
- How often full failover tests must be run
Disaster Recovery Planning & Setup: project phases
- 01Impact analysis
We work with each department to rank systems by how much downtime the business can tolerate.
- 02Design
We choose recovery methods and locations that meet agreed targets and budget.
- 03Build
We set up replication, backups and network routes in the recovery environment.
- 04Test
We run failover exercises, record results and improve the plan.
Common Disaster Recovery Planning & Setup mistakes
Giving every system the fastest recovery is expensive, so set targets by business priority.
Untested plans fail under pressure, so run failover tests and tabletop exercises.
If sign-in services are down nothing else recovers, so include identity and DNS in the plan.
Plans stored only on the affected servers are unreachable, so keep copies elsewhere.
Disaster Recovery Planning & Setup terms explained
- RTO
- Recovery time objective, the longest acceptable time a system can be unavailable.
- RPO
- Recovery point objective, the maximum amount of data loss measured in time.
- Failover
- Switching operations from the main environment to the recovery environment.
- Azure Site Recovery
- A Microsoft service that replicates servers to Azure for recovery.
The difference you will notice
- 01Known recovery times
Targets agreed and tested, not guessed.
- 02A plan anyone can follow
Runbooks that do not depend on one person's memory.
- 03Confidence for leadership
Evidence of tests for boards, auditors and insurers.
Five steps from assessment to always-on support
- STEP 01Assess
We review your infrastructure, security posture, assets and support model, and agree priorities.
- STEP 02Design
A clear architecture and plan, with scope, timeline and a fixed quote before work starts.
- STEP 03Deploy
We supply, install, configure and migrate, then document everything we build.
- STEP 04Manage
Ongoing support, monitoring and maintenance under agreed SLAs.
- STEP 05Improve
Regular reviews, reports and recommendations as your business grows.
Disaster Recovery Planning & Setup in the UAE and Saudi Arabia
Local offices in Ras Al Khaimah and Riyadh, remote support around the clock and on-site visits where your project needs them.
Disaster Recovery Planning & Setup in the UAE
Shyphan AI Technology LLC, RAK Free Trade Zone, Ras Al KhaimahUAE organisations can use Azure UAE North and UAE Central as primary and recovery locations, keeping both copies inside the country. We plan recovery for multi-emirate operations and free zone sites, and record recovery arrangements so they can be explained to clients, auditors and regulators under the UAE PDPL. We support the Emirates from our Ras Al Khaimah office, remotely around the clock and on site where needed.
- Data handled in line with the UAE Personal Data Protection Law (Federal Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021), and the separate DIFC and ADGM regimes where they apply.
Disaster Recovery Planning & Setup in Saudi Arabia
Shyphan AI Technologies LLC, Malaz, King Abdulaziz Road, RiyadhSaudi organisations need recovery sites that respect data location requirements under the Saudi PDPL and, for government and critical infrastructure, the NCA Essential Cybersecurity Controls, which include resilience expectations. We design recovery between sites in Riyadh, Jeddah and the Eastern Province or suitable cloud locations after reviewing data classification. Our Riyadh office leads this work in the Kingdom.
- Work aligned with the Saudi Personal Data Protection Law (SDAIA) and, for government and critical infrastructure, the NCA Essential Cybersecurity Controls.
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What are RTO and RPO?
Recovery time objective is how quickly a system must be running again. Recovery point objective is how much recent data you can afford to lose. Both drive the design and cost.
Do we need a second data centre?
Not necessarily. Many organisations now replicate to Azure or AWS and pay mainly for storage until a failover is needed.
How often should we test disaster recovery?
Regularly, and after any major change to systems or suppliers. We agree a test schedule that matches how critical each system is.
How does this relate to business continuity planning?
Disaster recovery restores IT systems. Business continuity also covers people, premises and processes. We offer both and connect them.
Can a Dubai company use Abu Dhabi as its disaster recovery location?
Yes. Azure UAE North and UAE Central can act as primary and recovery regions, keeping data within the UAE.
What should happen in the first hour of a disaster?
The runbook names who declares the incident, who is contacted and which systems are recovered first, so people act without waiting for instructions.
Do you provide Disaster Recovery Planning & Setup in Dubai and the UAE?
Yes. We deliver Disaster Recovery Planning & Setup across the UAE from our Ras Al Khaimah office, covering Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and the Northern Emirates, with remote support 24/7 and on-site visits where your project needs them. For Saudi Arabia, our Riyadh team covers the same service.
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