What Is BCDR?
BCDR stands for business continuity and disaster recovery. For an MSP, it's backup of a client's whole machines as bootable images, so a failed server can run from its backup on a local appliance, or in the cloud if the building is gone, while you repair or replace it. Backup gets the data back. BCDR keeps the business running while you do.
What BCDR Adds to Backup
A file backup answers one question: can we get the data back? BCDR answers three more. Can this machine run from its backup today? Did this recovery point actually boot? And where does the client work from if the office is gone? That's why BCDR captures the whole machine (operating system, applications and data), and why a good BCDR product boots its recovery points in isolation to prove them instead of trusting a green job.
When Things Go Wrong
| When this happens | BCDR does this |
|---|---|
| A user deletes a file | Restores the file or folder from the server's image |
| A server dies | Boots its latest recovery point as a virtual machine on the local appliance |
| The building is gone | Boots the client's servers in the cloud recovery environment |
| Ransomware hits | Finds the last clean recovery point and boots it on an isolated network first |
| The hardware is fixed | Fails back to the repaired or replacement machine with a bare-metal restore |
How EnterProtect BCDR Works
EnterProtect BCDR protects Windows servers and workstations, Linux servers, physical or virtual, and VMware and Hyper-V virtual machines. Every new recovery point is verified automatically, up to booting it on an isolated network and recording what the screen showed. The appliance runs on hardware you or your client already own, with no appliance licence, and holds the local copy for speed. The immutable copy lives in EnterProtect's cloud, so losing the appliance costs recovery time, not data. Sites with no appliance back up straight to the cloud. Continuity, DR planning and local DR testing are included, not sold as an add-on.
BCDR Questions MSPs Ask
What's the difference between BDR and BCDR?
BDR usually means backup and disaster recovery: you can restore after a disaster. BCDR adds continuity: the client keeps working from the backup while you recover, on an appliance or in the cloud.
Does BCDR need an appliance?
Not always. An appliance gives fast local backup and local boot, and EnterProtect runs it on hardware you or your client already own. Sites without one back up straight to EnterProtect's cloud and recover there.
How much does EnterProtect BCDR cost?
List prices are $75.50 a server, $38.00 a virtual machine and $15.00 a workstation a month on Essential, and $98.00, $49.50 and $19.50 on Complete. Storage is included and pooled across your book: 1 TB a server or VM and 500 GB a workstation on Essential, doubled on Complete. MSPs buy below list and see their rate card once confirmed as an MSP.
Want Continuity You Can Prove Before You Need It?
EnterProtect BCDR boots every new recovery point to prove it and runs on hardware you already own.
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A recovery point objective (RPO) is the most data a client can afford to lose, measured as time back from the moment something fails.
What Is the Difference Between File Backup and Image Backup?
A file backup copies the files, folders and databases you choose.