Backup & Disaster Recovery in Grimsby, Ontario
Backup & Disaster Recovery in Grimsby, Ontario
Monitored backup, tested disaster recovery and business continuity planning for Grimsby businesses that cannot afford to lose a week.
Backup and disaster recovery are not the same thing
Backup is a copy of your data. Disaster recovery is the ability to run the business again within a defined time. A company can have perfect backups and still be down for a week because nobody planned how to restore, where systems would run, or in what order. We deliver both. Griffin IT Group is based in Thorold, Ontario and supports Grimsby businesses remotely and onsite, typically within a short drive along the QEW.
What we protect and how
Coverage across servers, endpoints, cloud platforms and Microsoft 365.
- Server and virtual machine backup
- Microsoft 365 backup for mail, SharePoint, OneDrive and Teams
- Workstation and endpoint backup
- Immutable, off-site and ransomware-resistant copies
- Daily monitoring with failed job remediation
- Scheduled restore testing with documented results
- Retention aligned to legal and insurance requirements
- Defined RPO and RTO for each critical system
- Cloud failover and standby environments
- Recovery runbooks and tabletop exercises
RPO and RTO in plain terms
Recovery Point Objective is how much data you can afford to lose — the gap between backups. Recovery Time Objective is how long you can afford to be down. We agree both per system with your leadership team, then engineer to meet them rather than guessing.
Ransomware recovery
Modern ransomware deliberately targets backups. Our designs use immutable storage and separated credentials so the recovery copy survives the attack, and recovery procedures are rehearsed before they are needed.
Service detail
Individual services covered by this programme
Each of these can be delivered as part of a full agreement or engaged on its own.
- Managed Backup — Backup & Continuity
- Disaster Recovery — Backup & Continuity
- Business Continuity — Backup & Continuity
Questions
Frequently asked questions
How often should backups run?
For most Grimsby businesses, critical systems back up several times a day with off-site copies retained daily. The right frequency comes from your agreed recovery point objective.
Do you test restores?
Yes. Untested backups fail when it matters. We run scheduled restore tests and provide documented evidence of successful recovery.
How long could recovery take after a serious incident?
It depends on the design you choose. Cloud standby environments can restore critical systems in hours; conventional restores take longer. We define and test these targets in advance.
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Talk to a Grimsby IT specialist
Tell us what is slowing your business down. We will review your environment and give you a straight answer on what to fix first.