What is the difference between a test and a recovery?
Q1: What’s the difference between a Test and a Recovery in Arpio?
Test (Blue Button):
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Arpio continues backing up your primary environment as usual based on your configured RPO (Recovery Point Objective).
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For Premium and Enterprise subscriptions, the Network Sandbox feature is available to isolate the recovery environment and prevent outbound traffic.
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Ransomware Recovery and Failback options are not available in a Test.
Recovery (Red Button):
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Arpio pauses backups of your primary environment during the Recovery. This assumes your primary environment may be compromised.
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There is no Network Sandbox setting to prevent outbound traffic from your recovery environment.
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Enterprise accounts can use Ransomware Recovery to quarantine EC2 instances and optionally apply GuardDuty.
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Premium and Enterprise subscriptions include a Failback option once the Recovery is launched.
Q2: What happens during both a Test and a Recovery?
In both cases:
- When a test or Recovery is launched, Arpio spins up a complete replica of the selected resources in your designated recovery environment.
- The replica is based on the state of the primary resources at the selected recovery point.
- Arpio does not modify your public DNS. You remain in control of when (or if) you direct production traffic to the recovery environment.
Q3: When should I use a Test vs a Recovery?
- Use a Test when you want to validate your recovery configurations, conduct internal DR testing, or confirm data and system integrity, without disrupting production workflows.
- Use a Recovery in the event of a real incident, such as a ransomware attack, outage, or compromise, where your production environment is at risk or unavailable.