Business continuity and disaster recovery

Acronis backup, BCDR, and disaster recovery

Acronis backup keeps a restorable copy. Acronis BCDR is the plan that keeps essential work moving. Acronis DR runs the workload again when the original server or the original site cannot be used. One Data Asia designs the recovery targets and runs the service with engineers in Indonesia.

What stops the business

Four ways a normal day breaks

  • Ransomware encrypts data and forces systems offline
  • A cloud, network, or power outage cuts off the applications
  • A deletion or a bad change corrupts the data people are using
  • Hardware, storage, or the virtual platform takes production down

The product

Acronis backup, Acronis BCDR, and Acronis DR

People search for these as three products. On this service they are three layers of the same platform. Backup without a recovery plan leaves the files safe and the business stopped. Disaster recovery without a checked backup restores the outage.

Acronis backup

The restorable copy of the systems and the data. It includes the files, and also the operating system, the application settings, and the configuration a rebuild needs.

Acronis BCDR

The plan that keeps essential work moving. Detection, containment, an alternate way to work, and a checked restore are written down before the outage, not during it.

Acronis DR

Disaster recovery runs the workload again when the original server or the original site cannot be used. The applications come back with the data, in the order they depend on.

Keep working

Critical services stay available while the affected systems are isolated and restored.

Hold the blast radius

The failure is detected and contained before it spreads across the business.

Return a known-good system

Data and systems are restored, then checked, before normal work resumes.

Process

Five phases that keep operations moving

Acronis describes business continuity as a sequence the team carries out, starting the moment a disruption is seen. The same sequence covers a cyberattack and a failed server.

  1. 01

    Detect and assess

    Name the disruption as soon as it starts. Which systems are affected, which work is blocked, and how fast the response has to move.

  2. 02

    Contain and isolate

    Hold the affected system, region, or dataset so one failure does not travel through the rest of the business.

  3. 03

    Activate and sustain

    Move critical work onto a backup system, a cloud recovery environment, or a reduced workflow while the incident is handled.

  4. 04

    Recover and verify

    Restore from a clean backup, then check that the system is intact and usable before it returns to production.

  5. 05

    Resume and improve

    Bring workloads back to the primary systems in a controlled order, then update the plan with what the incident exposed.

This sequence follows the model published by Acronis. Open the original page

The same plan, four different events

Detection and containment change. The outcome is the same: critical work continues, and the system comes back clean.

Ransomware

Detection
A security alert marks malicious activity.
Containment
Infected systems are isolated.
Continuity
Clean environments are restored from backup.
Outcome
Work resumes without paying a ransom.

Cloud or network outage

Detection
Monitoring shows the service is gone.
Containment
The affected region is held apart.
Continuity
Traffic moves to a secondary environment.
Outcome
The service stays available.

Human error

Detection
Data is inconsistent or a job has failed.
Containment
The affected dataset is isolated.
Continuity
An earlier version is restored.
Outcome
The rest of the system stays in place.

Infrastructure failure

Detection
Hardware or the platform raises a failure.
Containment
The failing component is isolated.
Continuity
Workloads move to a recovery environment.
Outcome
Internal operations come back.

59%

of organizations were hit by ransomware in 2023. Acronis cites Spacelift, 2025.

24 days

average downtime after a cyberattack, in the same source Acronis publishes.

$9,000

downtime cost per minute at the high end, cited by Acronis from DotSecurity, 2024.

These figures are published by Acronis, not measured by One Data Asia. See the sources on the original page

Four targets that make continuity measurable

Each function gets its own numbers. They are agreed before an incident, and they follow the priority of the work.

RTO

Recovery time objective

The target time to make a system usable again. A customer-facing application and an internal report do not share the same target.

RPO

Recovery point objective

The amount of recent work you can afford to lose, measured in time. It decides how often the backup runs.

MTD

Maximum tolerable downtime

The longest a function can stay offline before the damage is difficult to undo.

MTO

Maximum tolerable outage

The point at which a specific operation must switch to another way of working.

Disaster recovery that starts from a clean copy

Acronis disaster recovery runs the workload again after the original site or the original server is no longer usable. Backup, security, and recovery sit in one platform, so the restore is checked before it goes back into production.

Failover into the cloud

Critical workloads can run as virtual machines in a cloud environment, so people can work again without waiting for the original hardware to be rebuilt.

Runbooks in the right order

Recovery follows application dependencies. The database comes back before the application that needs it.

Recovery from the backup

Short recovery times are built from verified backups, so every system does not need a second live replica sitting idle.

A clean recovery point

The copy is checked before it is restored. A failover starts from a point that is not still carrying the attack.

A modern outage is often a cyber incident. Restoring an infected system can spread the attack and cause a second outage. Acronis DR fails over to a clean recovery point, and the backup is verified before that restore. Physical, virtual, and cloud workloads can be protected. The recovery time is agreed per workload.

Read Acronis on disaster recovery

What Acronis backup has to capture

Copying the databases and the file shares is not enough for disaster recovery. The machine has to come back as a working system.

  • Servers, PCs, and endpoints, not only the shared folders
  • Hypervisors and the virtual machines they host
  • NAS and SAN data the business actually depends on
  • Application settings, operating system configuration, and registry data
  • Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, when the work lives in those tenants

The capabilities behind Acronis BCDR

Acronis describes business continuity as breaking when monitoring, backup, security, and recovery are separate tools. These are the capabilities that turn the five phases into something the team can run.

Monitoring and detection

Endpoints, workloads, and cloud environments stay visible, so a disruption is seen early enough to start the plan.

Backup that is actually checked

Frequent copies are verified. Continuity and disaster recovery both depend on a recovery point that is known to be clean.

A system that can take over

Standby capacity and a secondary location keep critical services available while the primary system is repaired.

Runbooks, not a checklist in a drawer

Failover and recovery steps are predefined, so the same order is followed every time and it is faster than a manual scramble.

Access that limits the blast

Identity, segmentation, and least-privilege access keep a disruption from reaching the recovery environment.

One console

Backup, security, and disaster recovery are run together. The gaps usually appear where those tools are separate.

Open the Acronis business continuity page

Where Acronis DR can run

Acronis describes three places to keep the systems that have to come back: a data center you operate, the cloud, or both. The choice follows the recovery time, the residency requirement, and the cost of being ready.

A site you operate

A recovery data center you own gives the most direct control. Acronis describes this path as the slowest and the most expensive: facilities, extra systems, and people, with a restore that can take days or weeks.

Cloud disaster recovery

The virtual environment is kept ready in the cloud, so a lost server does not wait for new hardware. Acronis describes this as the faster, more scalable option. The recovery time is still agreed per workload.

Local copy plus the cloud

A broken disk uses the copy nearby. A lost building uses the cloud copy. One Data Asia uses the Acronis data center in Jakarta when that offsite copy has to stay in Indonesia.

Jakarta, ID01

The recovery site can stay in Indonesia

Acronis lists disaster recovery as available in its Cyber Cloud data center in Jakarta. One Data Asia places the service on that data center when the company requires the offsite copy to remain in the country.

The data center is chosen when the tenant is created. Geo-redundant storage is not listed for Jakarta, so a second region is designed separately and said so before the contract.

Chosen on purpose

One Data Asia confirms ID01 before the first backup job.

A local copy and a Jakarta copy

The local copy handles a broken disk. Jakarta handles a lost site.

Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace

Acronis lists both as available from the Jakarta data center.

A tested path

A data center in Indonesia helps after someone has started a system from it.

How One Data Asia runs it

  • Agree the recovery point and the recovery time for each important system before anything is installed.
  • Keep a local copy for a fast restore and a Jakarta copy for the day the site itself is gone.
  • Include Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace when the work lives there.
  • Write the recovery order so dependent applications come back in sequence.
  • Schedule a recovery test. Engineers in Indonesia stay on call 24/7 when the test becomes a real incident.

Questions about continuity

Acronis backup is the copy of the systems and the data, kept so it can be restored. A useful copy includes the operating system, application settings, and configuration, not only the documents. The copy is checked before anyone depends on it.

Agree the recovery target before the incident

Tell One Data Asia which systems have to come back, how recent the copy must be, and whether the offsite copy has to stay in Jakarta.

Acronis backup, Acronis BCDR, and Acronis DR

Acronis backup is the restorable copy of systems and data, including the operating system and application settings. Acronis BCDR is the plan that detects a disruption, contains it, keeps essential work moving, and restores from a checked copy. Acronis DR runs the workload again when the original server or site cannot be used, including failover into the cloud. One Data Asia designs the recovery targets for companies in Indonesia and can place the offsite copy in the Acronis data center in Jakarta.