Backup & Disaster Recovery — Protect Your UAE Business Data
Comprehensive backup and disaster recovery services tailored for UAE businesses, combining local compliance, hybrid architecture and regular testing to minimise downtime and data loss.
Overview
AL SAHRAA provides Backup & Disaster Recovery (BDR) services designed for organisations across the UAE, with special attention to Dubai and Ajman. We assess critical systems and data, design a recovery plan aligned to your business priorities (RTO/RPO), and implement a cost‑effective mix of on‑premises and cloud backups to meet regulatory and operational needs. Our approach emphasises tested recoverability: scheduled backup verification, periodic full restore drills, and documented runbooks so your team and ours can act quickly after an incident. We support a range of workloads—virtual machines, physical servers, databases, SaaS data, and application-specific backups—using encryption and role‑based access controls to protect data at rest and in transit. We work with local and international cloud providers to respect data residency preferences and compliance requirements common in UAE industries. Pricing and architecture are tailored to your environment and criticality tiers rather than one‑size‑fits‑all promises. Ongoing monitoring, alerting and managed support ensure backups remain healthy and restores are reliable.
What to prepare
- Inventory of critical applications and data stores
- Current network and infrastructure diagram
- Existing backup policies and SLAs
- Business continuity or disaster recovery plan (if available)
- Data classification and retention requirements
- Authorized contact and escalation list
How the process works
- Discovery & risk assessment: map critical systems, data flows and compliance needs
- Design recovery plan: define RTOs/RPOs, architecture (on‑prem/cloud/hybrid) and runbooks
- Implementation: deploy backup agents, storage, encryption and replication
- Testing & validation: scheduled restore drills and integrity checks
- Monitoring & managed support: alerts, reporting and plan updates
Why clients choose AL SAHRAA
- Admin-reviewed quotations before you proceed.
- Document coordination and progress tracking in one portal.
- Support for business, compliance, visa, insurance, and IT-related requests.
- Clear request history, updates, and delivery follow-up.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between backup and disaster recovery?
Backup is creating copies of data for restoration; disaster recovery is the full plan and processes to restore systems and operations after an outage, including infrastructure, networking and application restoration.
How do you determine appropriate RTO and RPO for my business?
We run a business impact analysis with your stakeholders to prioritise systems, estimate acceptable downtime (RTO) and acceptable data loss (RPO), then design technical solutions to meet those targets.
Can you support both on‑premises and cloud environments?
Yes. We implement hybrid architectures that combine on‑site backups for rapid restores with cloud replication for geographic redundancy and longer‑term retention.
How often should backups be tested?
We recommend automated integrity checks daily and full restore drills at least quarterly for critical systems, with frequency adjusted to risk and compliance needs.
Do you handle compliance and data residency requirements in the UAE?
Yes. We design retention, encryption and storage location options to align with UAE regulations and industry standards, and can keep data within local cloud regions when required.