Quarterly-tested continuity built around two Synology systems.Client identity and identifying details are withheld for confidentiality. This case study is focused on proving recovery works for a 95% remote agency, which demonstrates real-world business resilience.
The business challenge
Approximately 38 of this advertising agency’s 40 employees work remotely. Its effective office is therefore its network and storage platform. Reliable remote access and a tested recovery process, both critical for proving recovery works for a 95% remote agency, matter more than daily availability at the physical office.
What MacWorks 360 implemented
- Hosts the primary Synology environment at the MacWorks 360 location, which has stronger Internet connectivity to support proving recovery works for a 95% remote agency.
- Maintains a replicated secondary Synology system at the client’s office.
- Conducts quarterly recovery exercises covering activation, validation and restoration to the normal operating state.
- Maintains Internet failover at the MacWorks 360 hosting location.
- Deployed organization-wide 1Password management.
Business results
- The remote-first workforce can reach working data without depending on daily office attendance. Clearly, these results go a long way toward proving recovery works for a 95% remote agency.
- Recovery procedures are demonstrated quarterly instead of being assumed to work.
- The secondary system provides an alternate path if the primary location or storage platform becomes unavailable.
- The business has evidence of a repeatable continuity process.
What the two-hour test means
The two-hour figure covers a planned test, validation and switch-back exercise. It is not a promise of two-hour downtime or restoration during every future incident.
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Results reflect this client’s tested environment and are not a guarantee of future incident recovery times.
Experience behind the work
Reviewed by Richard Russell, founder of MacWorks 360, with more than 20 years of Apple IT consulting experience.