Disaster Recovery
Disaster Recovery is your plan for getting back online when things go catastrophically wrong. Covers backups, failover systems, and how fast you can recover.
Definition
Your plan for getting back online when things go catastrophically wrong. Covers backups, failover systems, and how fast you can recover.
Example
Our disaster recovery plan includes daily backups to a different region and a 4-hour recovery target.
Related Terms
More Cloud & DevOps Terms
CI/CD
Short for Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment. It automates testing and deploying your code so you can ship faster with fewer bugs.
Continuous Integration
The practice of automatically building and testing code every time someone pushes changes. Catches problems early instead of at release time.
Continuous Deployment
Automatically deploying code to production after it passes all tests. No manual "deploy" button—if tests pass, it ships.
DevOps
A culture and set of practices that bridges development and operations. The goal is faster, more reliable releases through automation and collaboration.
Infrastructure as Code
Managing servers, databases, and networks through config files instead of clicking around dashboards. Version controlled, repeatable, and way less error-prone.