Backup & disaster recovery for NSW businesses
Plan how your business will recover its files, cloud data and critical systems. CMSIT scopes backup coverage, retention, restore testing and recovery priorities around the downtime and data loss your business can tolerate.
Know what is covered
Include servers, business applications and Microsoft 365 data in the scope discussion.
Plan the restore
Set recovery priorities and agree restore testing, responsibilities and recovery procedures.
Compare the complete cost
Review storage, software, retention, support and recovery work together.
Backup and disaster recovery services: how we help
A backup plan should explain what can be recovered, how long it may take and who is responsible. We assess critical workloads, backup retention and recovery dependencies, then define restore objectives and a testing schedule. Recovery time depends on the systems and incident involved.
Backup and disaster recovery: agree your service scope
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Veeam + Synology architecture
Enterprise-grade backup on proven hardware, sized for your data and your budget.
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Nightly verification
Every job checked every day — silent failure is the enemy, so nothing stays silent.
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Offsite & immutable copies
Ransomware can't encrypt what it can't reach. Your backups live beyond its arms.
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Rehearsed restores
We practise recovering your systems so the real day is routine, not improvisation.
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Disaster recovery planning
Written, agreed recovery times per system — so the worst day has a script.
How we work
Map what matters
Which systems hurt most when down? That order drives the whole design.
Build & verify
Backup architecture deployed, tested end-to-end, verified nightly from then on.
Drill & improve
Scheduled restore drills prove the plan — and keep proving it as you change.
“We will never tell you "the backup ran" and mean "I hope it worked." Verified means verified.”
— The CMS IT team, Alexandria, SydneyServices that pair with Backup & Disaster Recovery
Request a backup review
Share a short outline of your requirements. We will discuss the scope and next steps before you decide how to proceed.
What happens after you enquire?
- Outline your critical systems, data size and current backup tools.
- We discuss recovery priorities, retention, restore testing and access requirements.
- Review backup coverage, recovery arrangements and itemised costs.
Your name and email are enough to start. A short outline helps us prepare. Please leave passwords and confidential records out of this form.
Compare storage, retention, restore testing and recovery support alongside your wider IT service costs. Plan your IT support cost comparison.
Prepare your enquiry
Choose an optional starting point, then add the details you know. Keep passwords and confidential records out of your message.
Nothing is sent until you submit the enquiry. Your existing message will be kept.
Plan your backup and disaster recovery
Discuss your current setup, priorities and timing with CMSIT.
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What is the difference between Microsoft 365 retention and an independent backup?
Retention settings control how supported content is kept within a service. An independent backup provides a separate recovery process, with its own protected workloads, restore options and retention settings. Review the data you need to recover, the required recovery time and who performs restores. CMSIT can scope backup and recovery requirements alongside Microsoft 365 support rather than assuming the licence covers every recovery scenario.
What affects backup and disaster recovery costs?
Data volume, workload types, retention, offsite storage, restore testing and recovery support affect the cost. Ask which licences, storage charges and recovery tasks are included.
Does having a backup mean we can recover immediately?
Recovery time depends on the systems, data volume, available infrastructure and restore process. Define recovery time and data-loss objectives, then test the proposed approach rather than assuming a backup alone meets them.
Can you review our existing Veeam or Synology backups?
We can discuss existing tools and their suitability for your workloads. Share product versions, protected systems and the date of your last successful restore test; keep credentials and backup files out of the enquiry form.