Regular validation
Automated boot testing helps confirm protected workloads remain recoverable and can start successfully in an isolated recovery environment.
Zerto & DR2Cloud
Disaster recovery you can prove
Cloud-based disaster recovery using Zerto technology, DR2Cloud from Assurestor, and FCS Protect service design, testing and support.
Continuous recovery
Rapid recovery, tested regularly and managed around your business
Zerto is built around continuous data protection, journal-based recovery and orchestration. Rather than relying only on scheduled backup windows, Zerto can create frequent recovery checkpoints so critical workloads can be recovered to a precise point in time.
Through DR2Cloud and Assurestor, FCS Protect can deliver Zerto-led disaster recovery as a managed service for customers who need recoverability they can test, evidence and repeat without building a second recovery platform themselves.
Where Zerto / DR2Cloud fits
- Low recovery point objectives, typically measured in seconds
- Recovery time objectives designed around rapid service restoration
- Journal-based recovery to rewind to a clean point in time
- Orchestrated failover, failback and non-disruptive testing
- Application-centric protection for multi-VM services
- Real-time encryption detection to support cyber resilience
- Managed DRaaS options through DR2Cloud and Assurestor
Delivered with Assurestor
DR2Cloud-backed disaster recovery, delivered through FCS Protect
DR2Cloud provides disaster recovery as a service for virtual workloads, helping organisations recover from full site outages, infrastructure failures, ransomware, cyber incidents, accidental deletion and failed changes.
FCS Protect uses the platform as part of a managed service conversation: understanding what needs protecting, setting realistic recovery expectations, coordinating testing and helping customers interpret the results.
Recovery assurance
Recovery that is regularly tested, evidenced and repeatable
Backup is only part of the story. DR2Cloud is designed to validate recovery over time, with automated boot testing, planned FireDrill exercises and reporting that helps demonstrate recoverability to the business, auditors and insurers.
FireDrill testing
Planned full-environment FireDrill exercises help validate recovery runbooks and expectations in a more realistic scenario.
Safe testing
Testing is performed in a separate bubble environment, so application and data integrity can be checked without disrupting production.
Clear reporting
Test outcomes provide useful evidence for governance, internal review, audit and compliance conversations.
Practical recovery model
No second site. No idle recovery hardware.
DR2Cloud provides a cloud-based recovery environment, removing the need to maintain a second physical site or standby hardware purely for disaster recovery.
A dedicated Recovery Virtual Datacentre can provide the recovery site, secure networking and internet breakout needed to run workloads during tests or a real invocation.
DR2Cloud highlights
- Continuous replication and orchestrated recovery
- Monthly boot testing to validate recoverability
- Bi-annual full fire drills for protected environments
- Isolated sandbox testing without production disruption
- Consumption-based model for protected workloads and recovery resources
- 24/7 DR invocation support when it is real, not a test
Recovery objectives
Low RPO and rapid recovery, without over-promising
Zerto and DR2Cloud are designed for low recovery point objectives and rapid workload recovery. In suitable environments, targets can be measured in seconds for RPO and minutes for recovery, but the correct figures depend on workload design, connectivity, bandwidth and agreed service scope.
That is why FCS Protect starts with assessment and service design rather than quoting generic recovery numbers before the environment is understood.
Questions customers ask
DR2Cloud FAQs
How do we know it will work?
Automated boot tests and planned FireDrill exercises help provide repeatable evidence that recovery remains viable over time.
Will testing disrupt production?
No. Testing is designed to run in an isolated sandbox environment so recoverability can be validated without affecting live services.
Do we need a second data centre?
No. DR2Cloud provides a cloud-based recovery environment, reducing the need for dedicated standby infrastructure.
How does pricing work?
The model is consumption based, with protection charged regularly and recovery resources used when tests or live invocation require them.
Recovery objectives and results depend on workload design, connectivity, recommended best practices and agreed service scope.
Not sure whether Zerto or DR2Cloud is the right fit?
We can help assess your current recovery position, critical workloads, expected recovery times and commercial options.
Talk to us about your backup and recovery needs
No hard sell, just a practical conversation about your requirements, risks and recovery objectives.