What is disaster recovery and backup? Why Every Business Should Care About It and How Epis Technology Can Help Your Strategy

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Backup and disaster recovery (BDR) are no longer optional in today’s data-driven world; they are essential for businesses to stay alive. According to Gartner, a single minute of downtime can cost businesses $5,600. Cybercrime Magazine says that 60% of small businesses go out of business within six months of a cyberattack. These numbers show that having reliable backups is not enough. Businesses need to have a full disaster recovery plan in place that keeps things running smoothly even when things go wrong.

Epis Technology’s main job is to help businesses set up strong, high-performance backup systems using Synology’s enterprise-grade technologies. Epis Technology makes sure that data stays safe, recoverable, and protected by using smart storage solutions, cloud integration, and tried-and-true BDR frameworks.

1. Data Silos in Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Environments: Common Problems in Backup and Recovery and How Epis Technology Fixes Them

Today, businesses use on-premises systems, multiple clouds, remote workers, and SaaS platforms to get things done. It is very hard to do centralized backup because of this fragmentation.

Epis Technology fixes this by using Synology Active Backup, Microsoft 365/Google Workspace backups, and scalable NAS architectures that bring all data protection under one management console.

2. Backups that are broken or missing

A backup that can’t be restored is useless. If you have damaged snapshots, incomplete backups, or failed restore points, the results can be very bad.

Epis Technology uses:

Checking backups on a regular basis
Btrfs file systems that can fix themselves
Test environments for restoring
Snapshot replication with checks for integrity
This makes sure that every backup is safe, valid, and ready to be used again.

3. Malware Targets Backup Storage

Modern ransomware looks for and deletes backups first.

Epis Technology uses a multi-layer defense system that includes:

Backups that can’t be changed
Copies that are off-site and air-gapped
Integration with Synology ActiveProtect
Hardened NAS setups with access controls that don’t trust anyone

This keeps your recovery data safe even if someone tries to attack it.

4. Backups or recoveries that take a long time

Backups that take hours or restores that take days can bring operations to a halt.

Epis Technology speeds up performance by:

Networking at high speeds
Strategies for incremental backups
Deduplication around the world
Storage pools that have been optimized
Synology C2 for cloud hybridization

This lowers RTO/RPO and gives you quick, reliable recovery results.

5. Backup Solutions Have Hidden Costs

A lot of backup companies offer long-term costs like:

Licensing per VM or per socket
Costs to renew every year
Extra fees for deduplication, help, or cloud storage
High cost of hardware
Epis Technology fixes this by giving:

Synology Active Backup Suite without a license

Planning for hardware that is predictable and can grow
Deployments of private clouds at a low cost
Clear consulting and support packages

Your total cost of ownership is lower, clearer, and easier to handle.

How Epis Technology Provides Business-Grade Backup with Synology Solutions

Epis Technology builds a full backup and disaster recovery system using Synology’s Active Backup Suite and hybrid-cloud infrastructure.

Some of the most important benefits for businesses are:

✔ Global Deduplication and Incremental Backup

Use less storage and speed up transfers.

✔ Check the integrity of the data

Btrfs self-healing and VM backup verification keep data safe.

✔ Options for restoring that are flexible

Bare-metal restore, instant P2V, and recovery of specific files and folders.

✔ One place to back up all environments

Physical Servers, Virtual Machines, Software as a Service (Microsoft 365, Google Workspace), and Personal Computers

✔ Scheduling and monitoring that are done automatically

One dashboard for managing compliance and seeing all of your backups.

Epis Technology helps you set up, monitor, scale storage, and optimize your BDR environment over the long term, making sure it grows with your business.

Knowing how to back up your data (and when to do it)

Full Backup

A full copy of all the data. Best as a starting point. More space needed for storage.

Backup in steps

Data that has changed since the last backup. Quickest and least amount of storage used.

Backup with Differences

Changes since the last full backup. More space for backups, but faster recovery.

Epis Technology helps businesses pick the right mix based on:

How much risk you can take
Budgets for storage
How important the application is
Requirements for compliance

How to Make a Good Backup Plan for Your Business

1. Set RTO and RPO

RTO = How fast systems need to be fixed

RPO = How much data loss is okay

Epis Technology does workload assessments to set goals that are both realistic and cost-effective.

2. Use technologies that are good for storage

Global deduplication and compression cut costs by a huge amount.

3. Make sure your backup system is safe.

Epis Technology sets up:

Encryption while it is still and while it is moving
Access to secure identity
Backups on separate networks
Unchangeable snapshots

4. Make backup policies automatic

Scheduled, event-based, and continuous backups help people make fewer mistakes.

5. Regularly test restores

Epis Technology does simulated disaster recovery tests to make sure everything is ready.

6. Use the 3-2-1 Backup Rule

Three copies of information
2 kinds of media
1 location that is not on-site (Synology C2 or remote NAS)
This makes sure that people can stay alive even during ransomware attacks or natural disasters.

Epis Technology makes enterprise backup easy, safe, and future-proof. -Ready

It’s hard to set up a reliable backup and disaster recovery system, but working with Epis Technology makes it easy. Epis Technology helps businesses protect their data, stay compliant, and keep their operations running smoothly by combining Synology’s powerful solutions with expert consulting, proactive management, and scalable infrastructure design.

Epis Technology is

Epis Technology offers Synology consulting, advanced IT infrastructure, and data protection services. Epis Technology helps businesses build safe, scalable, and long-lasting environments for long-term success by specializing in Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace backups, fully managed PC backups, large-scale storage solutions, and business continuity planning.