What is Disaster Recovery?
Plans and systems for restoring operations after major failures
Why It Matters
Disaster recovery ensures your business can survive major outages or incidents
Real-World Example
Having a secondary data centre that can take over if the primary fails
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Related Terms
Uptime
The percentage of time your application is available and working
Backup
A copy of your data stored separately in case the original is lost or corrupted
Restore
Recovering data or systems from a backup
Server
A computer that runs continuously to handle requests, store data, and serve your application to users
Serverless
A way to run code without managing your own servers, where the cloud provider handles everything
Edge Functions
Code that runs on servers close to your users around the world, rather than in one central location