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What is DRaaS?
DRaaS is Disaster Recovery as a Service. It is a cloud-based recovery model where copies of your servers and data are continuously replicated to a cloud provider. When your primary site fails for any reason, you fail over to the cloud replicas and keep operating. Once the primary site is restored, you fail back to it.
How is DRaaS different from cloud backup?
Cloud backup stores copies of your data that can be restored to hardware you provide. DRaaS keeps running replicas of your servers themselves, ready to take over when the primary fails. Recovery from backup can take days while you procure hardware. Recovery from DRaaS takes hours because the replicas are already running.
How much does DRaaS cost a Houston small business?
DRaaS cost depends on the number of servers protected, the recovery time objective, and the replication frequency. Most Houston SMBs find DRaaS for critical systems fits within their existing IT budget, especially when compared to the cost of buying duplicate hardware. CinchOps builds a cost model based on your actual environment.
How is DRaaS verified?
CinchOps verifies the replicated copies and records the result. Verification covers file recovery, single-server recovery, and full site recovery scenarios, so gaps show up while production is still working rather than during a real outage. The records are kept for audits and cyber insurance applications.
Does DRaaS protect against ransomware?
Yes, when configured correctly. CinchOps deploys DRaaS with immutable cloud replicas that cannot be encrypted or deleted by ransomware attackers who reach the production environment. The replica becomes a safe recovery point. Backup-based protection without this immutability is increasingly vulnerable as ransomware groups target backups first.
