Test failover before it is needed
Run a fake disaster on a safe copy of the systems. See if recovery really works. Find the gaps before a real outage does.
Untested failover is just a hope
Every company has a disaster recovery plan. Almost nobody tests it. Most teams just hope it works. Then the outage hits at 3 AM and it doesn't. An untested plan isn't a plan. It's a wish.
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One command. Full confidence.
Simulate
Run one command. We break a safe copy of the setup on purpose. Live systems never even notice.
Observe
Watch every step as it happens. We measure recovery speed and data loss. Every service gets logged. It plugs into existing monitoring tools.
Verify
Get a clear pass or fail report. It shows recovery speed, data loss, and each service's health. Fix the gaps before they turn into real outages.
Why traditional DR testing fails
Old-school DR tests need production downtime, a room full of engineers, and weeks of planning. Rediacc clones a whole setup in seconds. The test runs on the copy. Production never stops.
Why traditional DR testing fails
| Traditional DR Testing | Rediacc DR Testing |
|---|---|
| Needs production downtime | Tests on an isolated copy, zero production impact |
| 3-5 days to plan, assemble team, execute | One command, 4 minutes, automated |
| Tested once a year (if ever), quarterly at best | Monthly, or via cron/CI: test as often as the deploys happen |
| Manual checks: someone decides it 'looks right' | Automated health checks: pass or fail with exact numbers |
| Kubernetes DR drill: keep a second cluster in sync, then hope | Fork the whole cluster in 46 seconds and run the drill on the copy |
What it includes
Safe simulations
Test failover without touching production. The test runs on an instant copy. Live services never stop.
Full visibility
See exactly what happens during recovery, step by step. Every service, every port, every health check gets logged with exact times.
Confidence before chaos
Know the plan works before it is needed. The test fits right into a CI pipeline. A failure raises an alert, long before it matters.
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Most DR tools back up data. Few test the full failover. None do it in 4 minutes with zero production impact.
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- Veeam, “2024 Data Protection Trends Report: BC/DR Trends,” 2024. “Only 13% of organizations utilize orchestrated workflow as part of their disaster recovery processes.” “Only 58% of servers met their recovery SLA during their last large-scale attack.” “Only 32% of organizations believe that they could recover 50 workloads within an entire business week.”
- Zerto test failovers spin up replica VMs on scratch disks in isolated bubble networks with zero production impact.
- Veeam SureBackup runs automated recovery verification in an isolated Virtual Lab with zero production impact.
- Zerto Orchestrator automates scheduled failover tests with zero production impact and generates compliance reports.
- Druva DR plan testing spins up cloned resources on-demand without touching production for RTO/RPO validation.
- Veeam ONE Reporter generates detailed DR readiness and compliance reports for audit and governance.
- Zerto generates Recovery Reports after every failover test with up to 90 days of historical data for SLA validation.
- Veeam SureBackup validates recoverability of cloud workloads including AWS and Azure VMs in isolated tests.
- Zerto supports cross-cloud test failovers (on-prem to Azure, AWS to Azure) using scratch disks in isolated networks.
- Veeam Backup & Replication is deployed on-premises on Windows Server with full customer control over infrastructure.
- Zerto is deployed on-premises with a Zerto Virtual Manager and per-host Virtual Replication Appliances.
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