Short answer
There is no single right answer: the right recovery point objective (RPO) and recovery time objective (RTO) depend on how much data loss and downtime each application can tolerate. FirstNet works with your application owners to define business-aligned objectives and then designs the platform to meet them.
In detail
How FirstNet approaches it:
- Classify data and applications by criticality, for example gold, silver and bronze tiers
- Set retention and recovery objectives for each tier
- Match the technology: backup for data recovery, DRaaS with reserved capacity for systems that must keep running
- Check feasibility against bandwidth, change rate and dependencies such as DNS and Active Directory
- Prove the targets with regular restore and DR tests
RPO drives how often data is backed up or replicated and how much bandwidth you need. RTO drives how much recovery capacity is reserved and the order in which systems start. Tighter targets generally need more capacity and connectivity, so tiering helps you invest where it matters.
RTO and RPO are design targets rather than guarantees unless they are explicitly contracted after scoping and testing. A FirstNet DR readiness workshop quantifies risk, defines targets per system and plans the tests that validate them.
Source: FirstNet Data Protection & Ransomware Resilience service page →
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