Actual Recovery Time

A running server is not a recovered business service.

RTO is what you expect. Actual Recovery Time is what happened. EnsureDR measures the real recovery time from executed tests — and surfaces the variance before an incident does.

Target vs actual

A documented RTO is a promise. Has it ever been measured?

EnsureDR compares the recovery time you planned for against the time recovery actually took — per workload and per business service.

  • Target RTO vs tested recovery time
  • Variance against the business threshold
  • Trend against the previous test
  • Workloads recovering outside their window
  • Business impact of the delay
Target RTO4h 00m
Tested recovery time4h 12m
Business threshold5h 00m
Variance+12m
Workloads outside window2
Illustrative Recovery TestDemonstration environment and example data
The full timeline

A running server is not a recovered business service.

Recovery time only counts when the business can operate. EnsureDR measures every stage in between.

Test initiatedInfrastructure availableDatabase readyAuthentication readyApplication validatedService operational

Infrastructure startup time

How long until recovered machines are running — the number most tools stop at.

Application availability time

How long until applications start, connect, and authenticate.

Business-service recovery time

How long until the complete service actually operates — the number the business feels.

Variance at every level

Workload, application, and business-service variance against each target.

Bottleneck identification

The stage that consumed the recovery window, so effort goes where it matters.

Trend against previous tests

Whether recovery is getting faster or quietly getting slower.

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Measure recovery time. Do not assume it.

See Actual Recovery Time against your real RTO targets.