Disaster Recovery Planning for Nepali Businesses: The Basics That Matter

"Disaster recovery" sounds like enterprise-scale infrastructure, but the core principles apply just as much to a small business running one server.

The 3-2-1 backup rule

Keep three copies of your data, on two different types of storage, with one copy off-site (or in the cloud) — a backup stored on the same physical server it protects isn't a real backup.

Test your backups, not just take them

A backup you've never restored from is an assumption, not a safety net. Periodically test that a real restore actually works end to end.

Know your recovery time expectation

How long can your business actually tolerate being down — an hour, a day? That answer determines whether you need automated failover or a simple daily backup is enough.

Document the recovery process

If the one person who knows how to restore the system is unavailable during an actual incident, a written runbook is the difference between an hour of downtime and a week of it.

Don't have a real disaster recovery plan yet? Talk to us — this is usually a quick, high-value fix, not a major project.