Disaster Recovery RPO/RTO Planner
Plan disaster recovery scenarios and estimate cost of downtime vs recovery speed. Enter values for instant results with step-by-step formulas.
Worked Examples
Example 1: Low Cost Strategy
Problem:RPO 24h, RTO 48h, $500/mo. Event Cost: $360k.
Solution:Cheap insurance, but a disaster will be catastrophic.
Result:High Risk / Low OpEx
Example 2: High Availability Strategy
Problem:RPO 1h, RTO 4h, $2000/mo. Event Cost: $22k.
Solution:Expensive insurance ($24k/yr), but saves $338k per event.
Result:Low Risk / High OpEx
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the RPO/RTO trade-off?
Lowering RPO/RTO (faster recovery) exponentially increases infrastructure costs (synchronous mirroring, hot standby). Increasing them lowers cost but raises business risk.
Does RPO include Ransomware?
Yes, but differently. For ransomware, you revert to a clean backup *before* the infection. Your RPO is effectively 'Time since infection', which could be days.
Why differentiate RPO and RTO?
They drive different costs. RPO drives Storage/Network cost (frequency of sync). RTO drives Compute/Automation cost (speed of boot/failover).