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name: cloud-databases-bc-dr
title: Understanding business continuity and disaster recovery for Cloud Databases
description: 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.
last-updated: 2024-09-13
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> ## Documentation Index
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> Use these files to discover more information as needed.

# Understanding business continuity and disaster recovery for Cloud Databases
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[Disaster recovery](#x2113280){: term} 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.
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## Responsibilities
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- To find out more about responsibility ownership for using IBM Cloud® products between **IBM** and customer see [Shared responsibilities for IBM Cloud products](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/overview?topic=overview-shared-responsibilities&format=markdown).

- For more information about your responsibilities when using **Cloud Databases**, see [Shared responsibilities for Cloud Databases](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/cloud-databases?topic=cloud-databases-responsibilities-cloud-databases&format=markdown).

## Disaster recovery strategy
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IBM Cloud has [business continuity](#x3026801){: term} 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.

Cloud Databases provides mechanisms to protect your data and restore service functions. Business continuity plans are in place to achieve targeted [recovery point objective](#x3429911){: term} (RPO) and [recovery time objective](#x3167918){: term} (RTO) for the service. The following table outlines the targets for Cloud Databases.

| Disaster recovery objective | Target value   |
|---|---|
|  RPO | < 24 hours |
|  RTO | <24 hours - for Regional failure (0 hours for Zone Failure) |
{: caption="RPO and RTO for Cloud Databases" caption-side="bottom"}

## Locations
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For more information about service availability within regions and data centers, see [Service and infrastructure availability by location](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/overview?topic=overview-services_region&format=markdown).

## Backup storage regions
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The purpose of the Cloud Databases regional Disaster Recovery (DR) policy is to make IBM Cloud&reg; Object Storage backups available from the downed region available for you to restore.

| **Region** |                **Backup storage region**               | Cross-region support |
|:----------:|:------------------------------------------------------:|:---------------------:|
| `us-south`   | US cross regional endpoint   | Yes                   |
| `jp-osa`     | Asia Pacific cross regional endpoint  | Yes                   |
| `jp-tok`     | Asia Pacific cross regional endpoint    | Yes                   |
| `eu-gb`      | Europe cross regional endpoint     | Yes                   |
| `us-east`    | US cross regional endpoint     | Yes                   |
| `au-syd`     | Asia Pacific cross regional endpoint     | Yes                   |
| `che01`      | Che01 single data center endpoint  | No*                   |
| `ca-tor`     | Mon01 single data center endpoint  | No*                   |
| `br-sao`     | Br-sao regional endpoint | No*                   |
| `eu-de`      | Europe cross regional endpoint     | Yes                   |
| `par01`      | Europe cross regional endpoint    | Yes                   |
| `eu-es`      | Europe cross regional endpoint     | Yes                   |
{: caption="Single region backups for Cloud Databases" caption-side="bottom"}

Keep a local copy of your data.
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