Understanding business continuity and disaster recovery for IBM Cloudant
Disaster recovery involves a set of policies, tools, and procedures for returning a system, an application, or an entire data center to full operation after a catastrophic interruption. It includes procedures for copying and storing an installed system's essential data in a secure location, and for recovering that data to restore normalcy of operation.
Responsibilities
For more information about your responsibilities when you use IBM Cloudant, see Shared responsibilities for IBM Cloudant.
Disaster recovery strategy
IBM Cloud has business continuity plans in place to provide for the recovery of services within hours if a disaster occurs. You are responsible for your data backup and associated recovery of your content.
IBM Cloudant provides mechanisms to restore service functions. Business continuity plans are in place to achieve targeted recovery point objective (RPO) and recovery time objective (RTO) for the service. The following table outlines the targets for IBM Cloudant.
| Disaster recovery objective | Target Value |
|---|---|
| RPO | 24 hours |
| RTO | < 24 hours |
Locations
For more information about service availability within regions and data centers, see Service and infrastructure availability by location.