Disaster Recovery

Overview

Disaster Recovery (DR) capabilities in Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud ensure business continuity by enabling rapid recovery of critical systems and data after catastrophic events. Whether facing ransomware attacks, hardware failures, natural disasters, or human error, Acronis DR provides automated failover, orchestrated recovery, and regular DR testing to minimize downtime and data loss.

Key Features

Instant Restore to Cloud - Boot failed servers directly from cloud storage within minutes, eliminating lengthy restore times
Disaster Recovery Orchestration - Automated runbooks define recovery sequences, dependencies, and priorities for complex multi-server environments
Failover and Failback - Seamlessly switch production workloads to DR infrastructure and fail back to primary systems when ready
Non-Disruptive DR Testing - Test disaster recovery plans without impacting production systems or requiring additional infrastructure
Recovery Time Objectives (RTO) - Achieve RTOs measured in minutes rather than hours or days
Recovery Point Objectives (RPO) - Minimize data loss with frequent backup intervals and continuous data protection options
Cross-Platform Recovery - Recover physical servers to virtual machines, migrate between hypervisors, or restore to cloud infrastructure
Network Remapping - Automatically reconfigure IP addresses, DNS, and network settings during failover
Application-Aware Recovery - Ensure database consistency and application integrity during recovery operations

Soteria Cloud Advantage

Soteria Cloud's disaster recovery infrastructure provides South African businesses with local, reliable DR capabilities:

Dual Data Center Architecture - Primary and secondary DR sites in Teraco Johannesburg and Cape Town provide geographic redundancy within South Africa
Low-Latency Replication - Fast, reliable replication between South African data centers ensures minimal RPO
POPIA-Compliant DR - All disaster recovery operations keep data within South African borders, meeting data sovereignty requirements
Local Failover Infrastructure - Compute resources in Teraco facilities enable instant restore to cloud without international data transfer delays
DR Planning Assistance - Soteria Cloud's team helps design, implement, and test disaster recovery plans tailored to South African business requirements
Predictable Costs - Pay-as-you-go DR infrastructure with no upfront capital investment in secondary data centers

How It Works

1. Protection Setup - Configure backup policies with disaster recovery enabled, specifying RPO/RTO targets and recovery priorities.

2. Continuous Backup - Acronis agents continuously or incrementally back up protected systems to Soteria Cloud's Teraco-hosted storage.

3. DR Runbook Creation - Define recovery orchestration: which servers to recover, in what order, with what network configurations.

4. Regular DR Testing - Schedule non-disruptive DR tests to validate recovery procedures and meet compliance requirements.

5. Disaster Declaration - When a disaster occurs, administrators initiate failover through the management console.

6. Automated Failover - Acronis orchestrates the recovery sequence, booting servers from cloud storage in the correct order with proper network settings.

7. Production Operations - Business operations continue on DR infrastructure while primary systems are repaired or rebuilt.

8. Failback - Once primary infrastructure is restored, orchestrated failback returns operations to the original environment.