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== Definition == | == Definition == | ||
| − | '''Recovery Point Objective '''. The point in time to which data is restored and/or systems are recovered after an outage. | + | '''Recovery Point Objective '''. (RPO) The point in time to which data is restored and/or systems are recovered after an outage. |
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| + | * RPO for applications can be enumerated in business time (i.e., business hours after a Sunday disaster restores to close of business Thursday) or elapsed time, but is always measured in terms of time before a disaster. | ||
| + | * RPO for systems typically must be established at time of disaster as a specific point in time (e.g., end of previous day’s processing) or software version/release. | ||
[[Category:Business Recovery Strategy]] | [[Category:Business Recovery Strategy]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:22, 30 April 2021
Definition
Recovery Point Objective . (RPO) The point in time to which data is restored and/or systems are recovered after an outage.
- RPO for applications can be enumerated in business time (i.e., business hours after a Sunday disaster restores to close of business Thursday) or elapsed time, but is always measured in terms of time before a disaster.
- RPO for systems typically must be established at time of disaster as a specific point in time (e.g., end of previous day’s processing) or software version/release.
