Recovery Timeline Simulator

Adjust metrics to see how RPO, RTO, and WRT interact with the MTD limit.

Status: SURVIVAL
Last Backup
Disaster Strikes
Systems Up
Business Normal
Normal Ops
EVENT
MTD Limit
FAILURE
RTO
WRT
RPO
The Golden Formula
24h (MTD) ≥ 4h (RTO) + 2h (WRT)
Total Downtime: 6h
4 Hours

Data Loss Tolerance: How much data can we lose? (Determines Backup Frequency).

8 Hours

System Recovery: Time to fix servers/apps. (Technical IT work).

4 Hours

Work Recovery: Time to verify data & catch up backlog. (Manual Ops work).

24 Hours

Max Tolerable Downtime: The point of bankruptcy/failure.