RTO of 1 hour vs 8 hours, what is the cost difference
Faster recovery, more expensive solution. The delta sits in continuous replication versus daily backup plus rebuild.
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Try this first
- Define your real RTO requirement first. Not what you would want, but what business downtime cost dictates. A wholesaler with daily turnover above ten thousand euros has a different RTO need than a four-person design studio.
- Daily backup plus restore is the cheapest tier. RTO lands at 4 to 24 hours depending on data volume. Per surface very affordable.
- Continuous replication of VMs or fileservers brings RTO to a few hours. Veeam Cloud Connect, Datto, or Azure Site Recovery sits noticeably above daily backup in cost.
- Hot failover (near-instant RTO, sub-minute RPO) is enterprise-grade cost. Unnecessary for most SMBs, sometimes justified for manufacturers with logistics.
- Always count the downtime cost without a solution. An 8-hour RTO sounds acceptable until you calculate the 8 hours in staff cost, missed orders, and SLA breach to customers.
When to bring us in
For choosing the right RTO/RPO tier at the right price, /contact. We outline three scenarios with actual line items.
See also
- What does Managed IT actually cost for a 10-person SMBNo fixed number, but an honest breakdown. A full package for ten people is not 50 euros a month and not 5000 either.
- Microsoft 365 Business Standard versus Premium, what is extraThe price jump is real but Premium does not add Word features. It adds security and device management.
- Microsoft announces another price hike, what do I doSince NCE Microsoft adjusts pricing structurally. Without action you renew at the new price for a full year.
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