Disaster Recovery - Palm Beach County, FL

Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity for Palm Beach County and South Florida

Datto BCDR, RTO/RPO planning, hurricane continuity runbooks, and generator readiness audits. Built specifically for South Florida businesses that cannot afford to find out their backup does not work during a named storm.

Florida Disaster Recovery Is a Different Problem

Generic business continuity advice does not account for what happens in South Florida when a Category 3 or 4 makes landfall. Power outages last days or weeks. ISPs go down across entire counties. Staff evacuate. If your recovery plan says 'restore from backup' and your backup lives in the same building as your server, you do not have a recovery plan.

We design continuity for the Florida scenario: offsite replication to geographically separated data centers, documented manual processes for when connectivity is gone entirely, generator and UPS infrastructure audits before peak season, and tabletop exercises that test your team's actual response - not just the technology.

What We Deploy and Configure

Datto BCDR appliances sit on your network and replicate continuously to Datto's cloud. In a failure scenario, workloads spin up in the cloud within minutes - not hours. RTO and RPO targets are set before deployment and tested quarterly.

  • Datto BCDR on-site appliance with continuous block-level replication
  • Datto cloud failover - virtual workloads live in under 15 minutes
  • Barracuda cloud-to-cloud backup for all Microsoft 365 data
  • Azure Backup for secondary off-site replication of critical workloads
  • Generator and UPS audit - load calculations, runtime estimates, transfer switch verification
  • Hurricane preparedness checklist delivered before June 1 each year
  • Tabletop exercises available quarterly with documented after-action reports

RTO/RPO Planning Process

We start every disaster recovery engagement with a structured RTO/RPO workshop. You define which systems and data are mission-critical and what downtime your business can actually absorb. We design the backup and recovery architecture to meet those targets - and then we test it before you need it.

Datto BCDR with Cloud Failover

Datto appliances replicate your servers and workloads continuously. In a disaster, those workloads run in Datto's cloud in under 15 minutes. Your team keeps working while the physical site is offline or damaged.

Hurricane-Specific Continuity Runbooks

We build written runbooks tailored to the Florida storm scenario: pre-storm shutdown procedures, cloud failover steps, communication trees, and recovery sequencing when power and connectivity return in stages.

Generator and UPS Readiness Audits

We audit your physical infrastructure for power continuity gaps - load calculations, UPS runtime under real load, transfer switch testing, and fuel supply logistics. Findings are delivered as a prioritized remediation list, not a pass/fail summary.

Quarterly Recovery Testing

A backup that has never been tested is a guess. We run quarterly restore tests and failover drills, produce written results, and flag any gaps before they matter. Test results are part of your quarterly business review.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

How fast can our systems be back online after a disaster?

With Datto BCDR in place, virtual workloads can be live in the Datto cloud in under 15 minutes from the time we initiate failover. That target is based on your specific workloads and is validated during quarterly testing. Physical site recovery depends on the nature of the event, but your team can keep working from the cloud while the physical environment is rebuilt.

What if we have no internet during a hurricane?

That is exactly why we build manual process documentation into every continuity plan. Datto appliances can also serve files locally when cloud replication is unavailable. We document what your team does without connectivity and which workflows can shift to 4G/5G failover, which we can configure as part of your continuity infrastructure.

Do you test the backup, or just set it up and monitor it?

We test it. Quarterly restore tests and failover drills are standard for disaster recovery clients. You receive a written test report with restore times, any errors encountered, and remediation steps. Annual full failover exercises are available for clients who need documented evidence for insurance or compliance purposes.

Get a Disaster Recovery Assessment Before Storm Season

We review your current backup, infrastructure, and continuity plan and deliver written findings with prioritized recommendations.

Schedule a DR assessment