RTO and RPO in Practice
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The two numbers that actually drive every DR strategy decision.
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Key points
- •RTO: maximum acceptable downtime duration after a disaster
- •RPO: maximum acceptable data loss, measured as a time duration
- •RTO and RPO are independent — a system's requirements for each can differ significantly
- •Both numbers together, not just one, should drive the actual technical DR implementation