<s>
In	O
information	B-General_Concept
technology	I-General_Concept
,	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
recovery	I-General_Concept
(	O
RTR	O
)	O
is	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
recover	O
a	O
piece	O
of	O
IT	B-Application
infrastructure	I-Application
such	O
as	O
a	O
server	B-Application
from	O
an	O
infrastructure	O
failure	O
or	O
human-induced	O
error	O
in	O
a	O
time	O
frame	O
that	O
has	O
minimal	O
impact	O
on	O
business	O
operations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Real-time	B-General_Concept
recovery	I-General_Concept
focuses	O
on	O
the	O
most	O
appropriate	O
technology	O
for	O
restores	O
,	O
thus	O
reducing	O
the	O
Recovery	B-Application
Time	O
Objective	O
(	O
RTO	O
)	O
to	O
minutes	O
,	O
Recovery	B-Application
Point	O
Objectives	O
(	O
RPO	O
)	O
to	O
within	O
15	O
minutes	O
ago	O
,	O
and	O
minimizing	O
Test	O
Recovery	B-Application
Objectives	O
(	O
TRO	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
test	O
and	O
validate	O
that	O
backups	B-Protocol
have	O
occurred	O
correctly	O
without	O
impacting	O
production	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Real-Time	B-General_Concept
Recovery	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
new	O
market	O
segment	O
in	O
the	O
backup	B-Protocol
,	O
recovery	B-Application
and	O
disaster	B-General_Concept
recovery	I-General_Concept
market	O
that	O
addresses	O
the	O
challenges	O
companies	O
that	O
have	O
historically	O
faced	O
with	O
regards	O
to	O
protecting	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
importantly	O
,	O
recovering	O
their	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
recovery	I-General_Concept
solution	O
must	O
contain	O
(	O
at	O
a	O
minimum	O
)	O
the	O
following	O
attributes	O
:	O
The	O
ability	O
to	O
restore	O
a	O
server	B-Application
in	O
minutes	O
to	O
the	O
same	O
,	O
totally	O
different	O
or	O
to	O
a	O
virtual	O
environment	O
to	O
within	O
5	O
minutes	O
ago	O
and	O
not	O
require	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
any	O
additional	O
agents	O
,	O
options	O
or	O
modules	O
to	O
accomplish	O
this	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
must	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
restore	O
files	O
in	O
seconds	O
(	O
after	O
all	O
,	O
the	O
only	O
reason	O
anyone	O
backups	B-Protocol
is	O
to	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
restore	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
must	O
perform	O
sector	O
level	O
backups	B-Protocol
,	O
every	O
5	O
minutes	O
and	O
have	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
self-heal	O
a	O
broken	O
incremental	O
chain	O
of	O
backups	B-Protocol
should	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
image	O
set	O
get	O
corrupted	O
or	O
deleted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Server	B-Application
Hardware	O
Failure	O
-	O
Preventing	O
a	O
server	B-Application
failure	O
is	O
very	O
difficult	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
take	O
precautions	O
to	O
avoid	O
total	O
server	B-Application
failure	O
through	O
the	O
user	O
of	O
Redundant	O
Power	O
Supplies	O
,	O
Redundant	B-Architecture
Array	I-Architecture
of	I-Architecture
Independent	I-Architecture
Disks	I-Architecture
(	O
RAID	B-Architecture
)	O
disk	O
sets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
selecting	O
a	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
recovery	I-General_Concept
strategy	O
or	O
solution	O
,	O
a	O
disaster	B-General_Concept
recovery	I-General_Concept
planner	O
will	O
refer	O
to	O
their	O
organization	O
's	O
business	O
continuity	O
plan	O
for	O
the	O
key	O
metrics	O
of	O
recovery	B-Application
point	O
objective	O
(	O
RPO	O
)	O
and	O
recovery	B-Application
time	O
objective	O
for	O
various	O
business	O
processes	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
process	O
to	O
run	O
payroll	O
,	O
generate	O
an	O
order	O
,	O
e-mail	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
metrics	O
specified	O
for	O
the	O
business	O
processes	O
must	O
then	O
be	O
mapped	O
to	O
the	O
underlying	O
IT	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
and	O
infrastructure	O
that	O
support	O
those	O
processes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
the	O
recovery	B-Application
time	O
objective	O
and	O
recovery	B-Application
point	O
objective	O
metrics	O
have	O
been	O
mapped	O
to	O
IT	B-Application
infrastructure	I-Application
,	O
the	O
DR	O
planner	O
can	O
determine	O
the	O
most	O
suitable	O
recovery	B-Application
strategy	O
for	O
each	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
costs	O
of	O
a	O
Real-Time	B-General_Concept
Recovery	I-General_Concept
solution	O
are	O
far	O
less	O
than	O
previous	O
tape-based	O
backup	B-Protocol
systems	O
.	O
</s>
