Recovery Time Goals
If you get hacked or your server dies, how fast do you need to be back up? Set your recovery targets based on real business impact, not guesses.
Your Systems
Internal systems required for operations but with delayed financial impact (e.g., ERP, HR)
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RPO/RTO targets must balance business requirements with infrastructure costs. This tool provides guidance; actual architecture decisions require collaboration with your IT and business teams.
What RPO and RTO mean
RPO (Recovery Point Objective): How much data can you afford to lose? If you back up once per day, your RPO is 24 hours. Lose a server, lose a day of work.
RTO (Recovery Time Objective): How fast can you get back online? If it takes 4 hours to restore from backup, your RTO is 4 hours.
Lower numbers cost more money (faster backups, redundant systems). Use this calculator to figure out what targets make sense for your budget.
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