Backups exist, but restores are rarely tested
You do not have recent evidence of how long a representative restore takes or whether all dependencies are available.
High availability & disaster recovery
Recovery should be a plan your team has tested.
A successful backup job and a healthy replica are useful signals. The business needs a fuller answer: how much data could be lost, how long recovery could take, and who can bring the application back. We help you establish and test that answer.
Work directly with experienced SQL Server specialists.
When to bring us in
Recognize any of these situations?
Start with the problem your team is experiencing. You do not need a diagnosis before you get in touch.
Failover has unexpected consequences
The database moves, but applications, logins, jobs, listeners, or other dependencies do not recover as expected.
The architecture has become hard to explain
Clusters, availability groups, log shipping, and cloud infrastructure have accumulated without a current end-to-end recovery plan.
What we investigate
Work through the whole problem.
The scope is tailored to your environment, with the evidence and access method agreed at the start.
Focus 01
Recovery objectives and failure scenarios
Identify the applications, acceptable data loss, acceptable downtime, and failures the business expects the design to tolerate.
Focus 02
SQL Server and infrastructure dependencies
Review availability groups, failover cluster instances, log shipping, backup design, network dependencies, storage, identity, and quorum where applicable.
Focus 03
Restoration and failover practice
Design a controlled rehearsal that covers decision-making, database recovery, application validation, and the steps needed to return to normal operation.
What you receive
A result your team can act on.
Agree the deliverables before work begins. Implementation, where included, follows your testing and change process.
Recovery gap assessment
Document the difference between the required recovery outcome and the evidence available for the current design.
Architecture recommendations
Explain suitable options, dependencies, failure boundaries, operating effort, and the reasons behind the recommendation.
Recovery runbook
A sequenced plan covering prerequisites, decision points, responsibilities, validation, and escalation.
Rehearsal record
Results from agreed tests, unresolved gaps, and actions needed before relying on the recovery procedure.
A practical distinction
Plan for the conditions that matter.
The right technical choice depends on the workload and the way your team operates it.
Include the people and dependencies.
Recovery can depend on encryption keys, identity, application configuration, storage, networks, and staff access. A useful rehearsal verifies the complete path back to an accepted business service.
How the work happens
A clear path from evidence to action.
You stay involved in the decisions and understand the reasoning behind the recommendations.
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Set the objectives
Translate business expectations into recovery scenarios and measurable acceptance criteria.
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Review the complete path
Trace recovery from the data and keys through SQL Server, infrastructure, and the application.
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Rehearse safely
Agree the environment, change window, fallback, and participants before testing the procedure.
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Close the gaps
Document results, assign remediation, and schedule the next review with the system owners.
Before you start
Questions worth answering.
A focused conversation helps establish whether this service fits your situation.
Does high availability replace backups?
No. Replicas and redundant infrastructure address certain failures. A recovery strategy also needs usable backups and a tested approach for corruption, accidental changes, and other recovery scenarios.
Can you review an existing Always On design?
Yes. The review can cover the SQL Server design and its operational dependencies, including failover behavior, application connectivity, monitoring, and maintenance procedures.
Can you guarantee a recovery time before testing?
A recovery objective is a requirement, not evidence. The design, data volume, infrastructure, dependencies, and rehearsal results determine what can be supported.
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Tell us what is getting in the way.
A slow application, recurring incident, upcoming change, or process your team wants to improve. Start with a short description.