Backup and

Disaster
Recovery
Present to you by:
Hamja Tanjilani
Aidal Kalim
Abdulaziz Abdulhamid
Mansinobao YItzhak
Introductio
n to
Backup
and
Disaster
Recovery

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The Differences
Disaster Recovery (DR) is a strategic security planning model
that seeks to protect an enterprise from the effects of natural or
human-induced disaster, such as a tornado or cyber attack. A DR
plan aims to maintain critical functions before, during, and after a
disaster event, thereby causing minimal disruption to business
continuity.

Backup is the copying of data into a secondary form (i.e. archive

file), which can be used to restore the original file in the event of
a disaster event.

Disaster recovery and data backups go hand in hand to support

business continuity. However, recognizing the difference between
disaster recovery and backups is essential to building a resilient
business strategy.

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Backup
There are mainly three types of backup: full,
differential, and incremental.

Full Backup
• A full backup is the most complete type of backup where you clone all the
selected data. This includes files, folders, SaaS applications, hard drives
and more. The highlight of a full backup is the minimal time it requires to
restore data. However, since as everything is backed up in one go, it
takes longer to backup compared to other types of backup.

• The other common issue with running full backups is that it overloads
storage space. That’s why most businesses tend to run a full backup and
occasionally follow it up with differential or incremental backup. This
reduces the burden on the storage space, increasing backup speed.

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 Differential Backup
• A differential backup straddles the line between a full and an incremental
backup. This type of backup involves backing up data that was created or
changed since the last full backup. To put it simply, a full backup is done
initially, and then subsequent backups are run to include all the changes
made to the files and folders.
• It lets you restore data faster than full backup since it requires only two
backup components: an initial full backup and the latest differential
backup.

Incremental Backup
• The first backup in an incremental backup is a full backup. The succeeding
backups will only store changes that were made to the previous backup.
Businesses have more flexibility in spinning these types of backups as
often as they want, with only the most recent changes stored.
• Incremental backup requires space to store only the changes (increments),
which allows for lightning-fast backups.

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Disaster Recovery Plan
DATA CENTER DISASTER RECOVERY PLANS
• A disaster recovery plan for a data center has to take into consideration the services provided by the data
center and not just the company itself. Most large data centers will be housing processes and storage used
by multiple other companies. Basically, the entire “cloud” runs from data centers across the world.

• The benefit of having disaster recovery solution providers put a solution in place for a data center is that
all clients of the data center are protected, rather than just the organization running the data center.

• This ensures continuity of services and operations for multiple users of the servers inside that data center.

DATA BACK-UP DISASTER RECOVERY PLANS

• The most basic type of disaster recovery services you can use is for data back-up and recovery. All
companies, no matter the size, need to have a complete copy of data stored offsite that can be restored in
the case of an emergency.

• This is especially important due to the rise of ransomware. Remediation costs for ransomware have more
than doubled in the last year and far too many companies (57% on average) pay the ransom because they
don’t have an easily restorable backup of their data.

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VIRTUAL DISASTER RECOVERY PLANS
• The virtual disaster recovery plan takes data back-ups a step further. Instead of only backing
up your data, your entire IT infrastructure is backed up on cloud servers.

• The benefit of working with disaster recovery solution providers on this more robust form of
backup and recovery is the ability to quickly pivot to another location to continue running your
business should your physical location suffer physical damage or a cyberattack.

DISASTER RECOVERY AS A SERVICE (DRAAS)

• DRaaS is somewhat like a virtual disaster recovery plan, but in this case, everything is
packaged and taken care of for you. You do not have to separately source backup applications
or mitigation solutions, it’s all taken care of by the disaster recovery as a service provider.

• DRaaS features a complete copy of your IT infrastructure in a 3rd party cloud environment. All
verifications of backups and security are handled for you, and you don’t have to purchase any
systems separately.

• The benefits of using DRaaS include being able to focus completely on your business and
knowing your operations are protected from natural disasters, equipment failures, and
cyberattacks.

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HOT SITE DISASTER RECOVERY
• For certain types of organizations, like medical facilities, nursing homes, and financial
institutions, being down even for a few hours can be devastating. They can’t really afford any
downtime as it will impact multiple other people that they serve.

• Hot site disaster recovery is a form of DRaaS that includes setting up a second physical facility
filled with identical IT infrastructure. This is a higher cost but more complete protection from
downtime.

• The benefit of setting up a “hot site” that you can use in the case of a disaster is that downtime
can be nearly eliminated as the other site is on standby and ready to be used at any time. Data
and devices have already been connected to the necessary systems and infrastructure are in
place.

COLD SITE DISASTER RECOVERY

• A slightly less-expensive alternative to a hot site is cold site disaster recovery. This involves
renting space that can be used if needed. The space will already have servers and other
infrastructure in place but won’t be set up and ready to go.

• The cold site takes a little longer to get up and running with your processes and data but offers
an important alternate location to use if something happens to your physical location.

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Types of Backup Media
TAPE DRIVES

tape drives can range in capacity from a few

megabytes to hundreds of gigabytes.

• Tape Drives

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DISK DRIVES

disk drive offer high speed but expensive backup

media.

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REMOVABLE DISK

Removable drives are fast, easy to install and

portable.

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DIGITAL AUDIO TAPE

DAT drives have a larger capacity as compared

to standard tape drive.

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OPTICAL JUKEBOX

Optical jukebox offer excellent of secure storage

space ranging from 5 to 20 terabytes.

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Thank you that’s all…

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