Azure Disaster Recovery as a Service — DRaaS
A disaster recovery plan that has never been tested is not a plan — it is a hope. 75% of organisations that experience a major outage without tested DR lose critical data or suffer extended downtime that damages revenue and reputation. Opsio's Azure DRaaS delivers automated replication, tested failover, and SLA-backed recovery so your business survives infrastructure failures, ransomware, and regional outages.
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What is Azure Disaster Recovery as a Service?
Azure Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) uses Azure Site Recovery and related services to replicate, failover, and recover workloads automatically between Azure regions or from on-premises to Azure, ensuring business continuity during outages.
Survive Any Outage With Tested Azure Disaster Recovery
Most disaster recovery plans are written once, filed away, and never tested. When an actual disaster strikes — datacenter failure, ransomware encryption, or Azure regional outage — organisations discover that their replication was misconfigured, their recovery procedures are outdated, and their actual RTO is 10x longer than documented. The cost of this discovery is catastrophic: extended downtime averaging $5,600 per minute for enterprise systems, data loss, regulatory penalties, and customer trust that takes years to rebuild. Opsio's Azure DRaaS eliminates the gap between documented plans and actual capability. We deploy Azure Site Recovery for continuous replication of VMs, databases, and application tiers to secondary Azure regions. Recovery plans are automated with sequenced failover steps, pre- and post-scripts, and manual approval gates for critical decisions. Most importantly, we test failover quarterly — actually executing the recovery plan in a sandboxed environment to verify that applications come up correctly, data is consistent, and recovery time meets your RTO targets.
Our DRaaS solution covers the full business continuity lifecycle: risk assessment and BIA (business impact analysis), RPO/RTO definition per application tier, replication architecture design, automated recovery plan implementation, regular testing, and ongoing monitoring of replication health. We support Azure-to-Azure DR, on-premises-to-Azure DR via Azure Site Recovery, and hybrid scenarios with Azure Arc integration.
What We Deliver
Azure Site Recovery
Continuous replication of Azure VMs, Hyper-V VMs, VMware VMs, and physical servers to secondary Azure regions. Application-consistent snapshots every 15 minutes with crash-consistent snapshots every 5 minutes for sub-15-minute RPO.
Automated Recovery Plans
Sequenced failover orchestration with application dependency awareness. Pre- and post-failover scripts for DNS updates, load balancer reconfiguration, and application health verification. One-click failover for rapid activation during actual disasters.
Database DR
Azure SQL geo-replication, Cosmos DB multi-region writes, and PostgreSQL/MySQL read replicas for database-tier disaster recovery. Transaction-consistent failover with automated connection string updates for minimal application impact.
DR Testing & Validation
Quarterly test failovers in isolated network environments that do not affect production. Full application stack validation including database consistency, API functionality, and performance benchmarking. Test results documented for compliance and BCP auditors.
Hybrid & Multi-Cloud DR
On-premises to Azure DR using Azure Site Recovery with Azure Arc. Multi-cloud DR strategies for organisations with workloads across Azure and AWS. Unified monitoring and recovery orchestration regardless of source infrastructure.
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Tested, not theoretical
Quarterly failover tests prove your recovery capability works. Test results include actual RTO measurements, data integrity verification, and application validation.
Sub-1-hour RTO
Automated recovery plans with pre-configured failover sequences achieve sub-1-hour recovery for most workloads. No manual intervention required for standard scenarios.
SLA-backed recovery
Contractual RPO and RTO guarantees with financial penalties if targets are missed. Your DR capability is our responsibility.
Full lifecycle management
From BIA and risk assessment through replication configuration, testing, and ongoing monitoring — complete DR management, not just tool deployment.
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Our Delivery Process
Risk Assessment & BIA
Identify critical workloads, define RPO/RTO per application tier, and document business impact of downtime. Deliverable: business impact analysis. Timeline: 1-2 weeks.
DR Architecture Design
Design replication topology, select Azure regions, configure Site Recovery, and define recovery plan sequencing. Timeline: 1-2 weeks.
Implementation & Initial Test
Deploy replication, configure automated recovery plans, and execute initial failover test. Validate RTO, data integrity, and application functionality. Timeline: 2-3 weeks.
Ongoing DR Management
24/7 replication health monitoring, quarterly failover testing, recovery plan updates, and annual BIA refresh. Timeline: Ongoing.
Key Takeaways
- Azure Site Recovery
- Automated Recovery Plans
- Database DR
- DR Testing & Validation
- Hybrid & Multi-Cloud DR
Azure Disaster Recovery as a Service — DRaaS FAQ
What is Azure Disaster Recovery as a Service?
Azure DRaaS is a managed service that uses Azure Site Recovery and related tools to continuously replicate your workloads to a secondary Azure region and automatically failover during outages. Opsio manages the entire lifecycle: architecture design, replication configuration, automated recovery plans, quarterly testing, and 24/7 replication monitoring. The result is proven, tested disaster recovery capability with contractual RPO and RTO guarantees.
What RPO and RTO can Azure DRaaS achieve?
Azure Site Recovery provides application-consistent snapshots every 15 minutes (RPO) and crash-consistent snapshots every 5 minutes. Automated recovery plans achieve RTO of 15-60 minutes depending on workload complexity and dependency chain. Database-tier DR with Azure SQL geo-replication can achieve RPO of seconds. Opsio validates these targets through quarterly testing and adjusts configurations to meet your specific business continuity requirements.
How often should we test disaster recovery?
Opsio performs quarterly DR tests as standard — the minimum recommended frequency for regulated industries. Each test executes the full recovery plan in an isolated environment, validates application functionality, measures actual RTO, and documents results for auditors. For business-critical systems, we recommend monthly testing. Annual full-scale DR exercises involving business stakeholders supplement technical testing.
What does Azure DRaaS cost?
Azure Site Recovery costs approximately $25 per protected VM per month for replication. Secondary region compute costs apply only during failover or testing. Opsio's managed DRaaS service adds $2,000-$8,000 per month for architecture management, monitoring, quarterly testing, and SLA guarantees — depending on the number of protected workloads and complexity. Compared to building and maintaining DR infrastructure independently, DRaaS typically costs 40-60% less while delivering higher reliability.
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