Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS)

Back up and protect your data in just a few clicks. Get back up and running immediately in the face of unexpected disaster without the hassle, resource, and cost of managing a second infrastructure.

Managed disaster recovery infrastructure in a UK data centre

Trusted to support 1,000,000+ end users every month across leading UK software businesses.

Quick System Recovery

Our tailored approach supports your Business Continuity Plan and gets you back up and running immediately in the face of unexpected disaster. We’re committed to DR (Disaster Recovery) replication with a 1-second RPO (Recovery Point Objective), guaranteeing minimal data loss, regardless of the number of servers.

Disaster recovery as a service infrastructure

Click-and-Point Backups

Remove the need for a huge IT staff, expensive off-site repository, or cumbersome legacy apps with fast, secure backup on Veeam Cloud Connect. Just point, click, and go.

Meets All Legal and Compliance Requirements

Feel confident knowing you’ll meet every requirement with centralised remote monitoring and management capabilities and clear-cut visibility and reporting. In addition to our DRaaS, you can also take advantage of options such as Tape as a Service to help meet compliance requirements for data archiving and retention.

Comprehensive Security

Our Veeam backup systems ensure all on-premises and multi-cloud environment workloads are backed up and secure with an advanced, layered DDoS mitigation system, coupled with IDS (Intrusion Detection System) alerting. Our Fortinet next-generation firewalls with deep inspection IPS (Intrusion Prevention System) proactively prevent threats. We also offer a complimentary and cutting-edge DDoS mitigation strategy to safeguard your digital assets and ensure continuous operations.

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Protect and Recover Your Data with DRaaS

Simple Solutions That Make Backup a Breeze

  • Cloud, virtual, and physical backup
  • No separate console or clunky, legacy apps
  • Clear-cut visibility and reporting
  • Centralised remote monitoring & management capabilities
  • Advanced eDiscovery capabilities on mailboxes, files, or sites
  • UK-based servers
  • Entirely carbon neutral
  • ISO 22301 certified
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What Is DRaaS and Why Does Your Business Need It?

Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) is a cloud-based solution that allows businesses to replicate critical operations to a cloud service provider’s infrastructure.

This solution goes beyond simply backing up and recovering your data. Data backup is just one aspect of your disaster recovery strategy, but in contrast to BaaS, it moves your complete infrastructure, applications, data, computer processing, and networking to the cloud. Because the infrastructure is fully mirrored, it is easier to continue where your team left off, even after a disaster.

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Disasters Come In All Shapes and Sizes

It can be a full-site failure, a ransomware attack, or even a well-intentioned employee who hit the wrong button. However, public clouds lay the burden on you to secure and protect your data. This isn’t just expensive and resource-draining but can lead to significant delays in getting your systems back online.

Instead, access powerful backup solutions for cloud, virtual, and physical backup, which take the headache away. Flexible backup of endpoints, no matter where they reside, means all types of data are completely protected and easy to recover from the cloud. Your data will be as safe as it would be in a dedicated off-site repository.

With centralised remote monitoring and management capabilities and clear-cut visibility and reporting, you can also be confident knowing you’ll meet all legal and compliance requirements.

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The Key Characteristics of DRaaS

Customisable SLAs

It allows you to tailor your service level agreements (SLAs) with customised recovery time objectives (RTOs) and recovery point objectives (RPOs) according to your business’s needs.

Expert Support

Get personalised support from experts who’re ready to manage, monitor, and update your recovery systems.

Failover and Failback

Whether it’s a single application or a complete data centre, data recovery services ensure seamless transitions between primary and backup systems during outages.

Documentation

With our recovery support, make sure your disaster recovery plans are clear and updated as environments change.

Let us deliver your ideal solution, on time and within budget.

Carbon-neutral UK data centre

Cost of DRaaS Solutions and Downtime

Recovery as a service is often seen as a financial burden rather than a strategic investment. Compared to investing in all the staff, overheads, and infrastructure yourself, signing up for our backup and recovery means paying for a predictable, flat monthly fee.

Not only could a disaster have data and operating repercussions, but it could also become very expensive under GDPR compliance if your customer’s personal data is compromised or lost. As well as the financial liability, it could also lead to lasting reputational repercussions.

When using a disaster mitigation purpose-built cloud provider, your business can be back online in as little as a few minutes.

In a world where data is king and a wide range of accidents, malicious threats, and natural disasters impact your business continuity, can you really afford not to have a disaster recovery solution in place?

Popular Use Cases for DRaaS Solutions

Ransomware Recovery

A sudden and unprecedented ransomware attack can bring your operations to a grinding halt. Not being able to recover your data and infrastructure in time can give your business a major disadvantage. But with our expert support, you minimise downtime and recover systems quickly, without losing important data.

Business Continuity for SMBs

Small and medium businesses (SMBs) often lack the IT infrastructure and resources to maintain a secondary data centre. With our recovery support, these businesses can afford business continuity without significant upfront capital.

Hybrid and Cloud-Native Environments

Our data recovery and restoration supports organisations operating in hybrid environments with data protection features across on-premises and cloud systems.

Documentation

Industries with strict regulatory requirements, such as finance and healthcare, must ensure that critical data is securely stored and recoverable for extended periods. Our DRaaS solutions help meet compliance obligations, ensuring your data is always accessible and audit-ready.

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Tailored Hosting,
Whatever Your Industry

BlackBox Hosting serves a wide variety of industries, offering tailored, managed private hosting solutions designed to meet the unique needs of every sector.

Why Choose BlackBox Hosting?

Here’s why you should choose us for managed private server hosting:

Tailored and Flexible Hosting Solutions

No two businesses are alike, we customise infrastructure to match your needs.

Comprehensive SLAs

Maximum uptime, reliability, and support, we aim to exceed commitments.

Hassle-Free Migration

Full assistance for smooth data migration with minimal downtime.

Highest Certifications

CSA STAR Level 2, ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials+, ISO 20000-1, ISO 22301, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, G-Cloud 14.

24/7 Expert Support

Human engineers, no bots. Issues are resolved within the hour.

What our clients have to say

Uncompromising Performance, Predictable Cost, Total Sovereignty.

Your Questions Answered

What is the best method for disaster recovery?

The best method for disaster recovery is to have immutable backups, a disaster recovery strategy, and a backup deployment plan in place with regular assessment.

Yes, DRaaS is a cloud-based recovery solution that replicates critical operations to a provider’s infrastructure.

No, DRaaS is a distinct service focused on disaster recovery, whereas SaaS refers to software delivery.

  • RTO (Recovery Time Objective): The maximum acceptable time to restore operations after a disruption.
  • RPO (Recovery Point Objective): The maximum acceptable amount of data loss measured in time.

Yes, DRaaS providers typically offer SLAs to guarantee uptime, recovery times, and data availability.

No, DRaaS eliminates the need for a second physical data centre by leveraging cloud infrastructure.

Choosing a DRaaS provider ensures reliable, secure, and scalable disaster recovery, reducing downtime and minimising data loss in case of a disaster.

Education and Research

Universities and research bodies rely on scalable computing environments that support e-learning, Learning Management Systems (LMS), research portals, and collaborative tools.

Gain dedicated support for resource-intensive academic applications with us as your private cloud hosting provider.

Architecture, Engineering & Construction (AEC)

Firms in the architecture, engineering and construction domain bank on powerful hardware to run complex design software and securely coordinate large-scale projects on a remote basis.

Our private hosting solutions can support your CAD/BIM software hosting, cloud-based collaboration and document management requirements easily.

Legal and Professional Services

Law firms and legal services need to handle and process large volumes of confidential documents, which requires strict access control. We can meet this need by providing enterprise-grade security, encrypted backups, and controlled user access to ensure privacy and confidentiality.

Retail and E-Commerce

What retail and e-commerce vendors want is a strong infrastructure that supports fast, uninterrupted online experiences for their customers, especially during peak usage times.

Whether you’re looking to support your online shopfront, inventory system, ERP or need to analyse customer data, BlackBox Hosting’s dedicated private server hosting service ensures 99.999% uptime, with fast page load speeds and a secure environment to support high-traffic events.

Software Publishers & ISVs

Software publishers and independent software vendors (ISVs) rely on dedicated environments for software testing, deployment, onboarding clients, and white-labelled delivery.

BlackBox Hosting offers private server hosting environments with multi-tenant support and flexible specifications, helping software publishers and ISVs scale and control their deployments.

Finance and Fintech

Finance and fintech enterprises need robust infrastructure that guarantees uptime, sustains high transaction volumes, and maintains industry-specific regulatory compliance like PCI-DSS.

Our managed private cloud hosting solutions have a low-latency network with encryption, advanced firewall configurations and access control, ensuring your sensitive data and customer transactions are secure at all times.