The backups of the Applications are done on regular bases.
The backups are normally done in a time-frame where there is minimal activity on the Customer Application.
The backups of the Application is a full backup of all the data.
The backups are done on two levels:
Hosting Provider Backup: Which is the backup of the whole image of the Infrastructure Server that is holding the Customer Application.
Manual Backups: Regular Backups that are done on the server level, which is a more detailed backup of the files and folders of the application, and should act as another backup plan in case the first backup failed to restore.
Below is a table containing the RTO, RPO & Retention information about the mentioned backup procedures above:
Information
1st Backup Method
2nd Backup Method
RPO
24 Hours
24 Hours
RTO
2 Hours
4 Hours
Retention Time
7 Days
7 Days
Sanity Checks & Backup Resilience:
Backup Restoration Tests are periodically conducted to test the Backup & Restoration process is working properly.
The Sanity Checks of the backups are conducted on Local/Cloud machines.
The Sanity Checks are done every 1 Month of the latest backup that is taken.