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Disaster Recovery Plan Basics

Draft a simple DR plan for small teams

A disaster recovery plan defines recovery time and point objectives, documents restore/runbook steps per system, validates backups, and sets communication paths for declaring, executing, and exiting DR.

List critical services

Document dependencies, owners, and impact for each core system.

Set RTO and RPO

Define target recovery time and data loss tolerance; align with business requirements.

Backups and failover

Implement tested backups, offsite copies, and clear failover steps.

Drill and improve

Run tabletop and live tests; capture gaps and track fixes with owners.

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