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Disaster Recovery Architectures for 2025: From Restic to Regional Failover in Norway

Uptime is vanity; Recovery Time Objective (RTO) is sanity. A deep dive into compliant, immutable disaster recovery strategies for Norwegian infrastructure, featuring Restic, PostgreSQL PITR, and CoolVDS NVMe performance.

Disaster Recovery in the North: Why 99.9% Uptime SLAs Won't Save Your Data

Backups are not a strategy; recovery is. A battle-hardened guide to designing disaster recovery plans for Norwegian infrastructure, focusing on RTO, local compliance, and avoiding the 'OVH scenario'.

Disaster Recovery in 2023: A Norwegian DevOps Survival Guide

Hope is not a strategy. We dissect the technical reality of disaster recovery for Nordic infrastructure, focusing on RTO reduction, GDPR compliance, and why high-performance NVMe storage is the unsung hero of rapid restoration.

Surviving the Blackout: A Pragmatic Disaster Recovery Strategy for Norwegian Systems

Backups are not disaster recovery. In a post-Schrems II world, relying on US hyperscalers for redundancy is a legal minefield. Here is a battle-tested technical guide to RTO, RPO, and keeping your data sovereign in Norway.

Disaster Recovery in 2022: Compliance, Ransomware, and the Oslo Advantage

A pragmatic CTO's guide to building a legally compliant disaster recovery plan in Norway. We analyze RTO/RPO strategies, Schrems II implications, and technical implementations using immutable backups.

Disaster Recovery in 2020: Why Your Offsite Backups Won't Save You

Is your RTO under 15 minutes? If not, your disaster recovery plan is just a theory. We explore battle-tested strategies, Ansible automation, and why Norwegian data sovereignty is your safety net.

Disaster Recovery in 2019: Why Your RAID Array Won't Save You From `rm -rf`

Hardware redundancy is not a backup strategy. In this guide, we tear down a robust Nordic DR plan using KVM, off-site replication, and GDPR-compliant architecture standard for 2019.

Disaster Recovery in the GDPR Era: Surviving the 3 AM Catastrophe

It is not a matter of if your server will fail, but when. In the wake of the May 2018 GDPR rollout, data loss is no longer just an operational inconvenience; it is a legal liability. Here is a battle-tested guide to automated recovery workflows, database consistency, and why NVMe storage matters for RTO.

Disaster Recovery in the GDPR Era: A Norwegian Survival Guide

Hope is not a strategy. In 2018, data loss isn't just an operational failure; it's a legal catastrophe. Here is how to architect a compliant, bulletproof DR plan using Norwegian infrastructure.

Disaster Recovery in 2018: Surviving Data Loss and GDPR in Norway

It is July 2018. GDPR is in full effect. Is your disaster recovery plan compliant and battle-tested, or just a PDF gathering dust? We dissect real-world recovery strategies using KVM and NVMe storage.

Disaster Recovery in the GDPR Era: Surviving Data Loss and Compliance Audits in 2018

With the GDPR enforcement deadline looming weeks away, is your disaster recovery plan compliant? We explore practical RTO/RPO strategies, offsite backup automation with Borg, and why data sovereignty in Norway matters more than ever.

When RAID Fails: A Battle-Tested Disaster Recovery Guide for 2017

RAID is not a backup. In this deep dive, we explore RTO/RPO strategies, script automated offsite backups with rsync, and discuss why data sovereignty in Norway matters more than ever before the 2018 GDPR rollout.

Disaster Recovery in 2017: Surviving the `rm -rf` Nightmare on Norwegian Soil

It is not a matter of if, but when. Learn how to architect a bulletproof Disaster Recovery plan using Linux primitives, avoiding the recent GitLab-style meltdown, while keeping your data compliant with Datatilsynet standards.

Disaster Recovery in 2017: Why Your "Backups" Will Probably Fail When You Need Them Most

It's March 2017. GitLab just deleted their production DB, and Safe Harbor is dead. If your disaster recovery plan is just a nightly tarball, you are already dead in the water. Here is the battle-hardened guide to survival in the Norwegian hosting landscape.

Disaster Recovery for Norwegian Systems: Why `rsync` Is Not a Strategy

It is late 2016. The upcoming EU data regulations loom, and standard backups won't save you from a total site failure. Here is a battle-tested guide to reducing RTO using KVM, BorgBackup, and Norwegian infrastructure.

When the Fjord Freezes Over: Disaster Recovery Strategies for Norwegian Infrastructure

It is not a matter of if your server will fail, but when. We dissect practical Disaster Recovery strategies for 2015, from MySQL replication to complying with Datatilsynet, ensuring your data survives the worst.

Surviving the Meltdown: A Battle-Hardened Sysadmin’s Guide to Disaster Recovery in Norway (2014 Edition)

RAID is not a backup. In this deep dive, we explore disaster recovery strategies for Norwegian businesses using CentOS 6, MySQL replication, and KVM isolation. Learn how to keep your data safe from hardware failure and Datatilsynet audits.

The Paranoia Protocol: Automating Linux Server Backups Before Disaster Strikes

Manual backups are a lie we tell ourselves. In this guide, we engineer a bulletproof, automated backup strategy using Bash, Rsync, and Cron on CentOS 6, ensuring your data adheres to Norwegian compliance standards.

Automated Backups: The line between a minor hiccup and bankruptcy

RAID is not a backup. In this deep dive, we script bulletproof disaster recovery solutions using rsync, Cron, and encryption, tailored for Norwegian compliance standards in 2012.

Sleep Through the Night: The 'Battle-Hardened' Guide to Automated Linux Backups in 2012

RAID is not a backup. Learn how to script robust, automated disaster recovery solutions using rsync, MySQL dumps, and off-site storage while navigating Norwegian data privacy laws.

Sleep Is For The Backed Up: Automating Disaster Recovery on Linux Systems

RAID is not a backup. Snapshotting is not enough. Learn how to script bulletproof, automated off-site backups for your Norwegian VPS using rsync, MySQL dumps, and cron, ensuring compliance with Datatilsynet standards.

Automated Backups: Why RAID Is Not A Strategy and Scripting Your Survival

It is 2012. Hard drives fail. In this guide, we bypass the marketing fluff and dive into `rsync`, MySQL rotation scripts, and Data Protection Act compliant offsite strategies to save your infrastructure from inevitable disaster.

The Sysadmin’s Guide to Bulletproof Automated Backups (2012 Edition)

RAID 10 is not a backup strategy. In this guide, we cover scripting rsync, rotating MySQL dumps, and complying with Norwegian data laws (Personopplysningsloven) to ensure your VPS survives the worst.

Sleep Through the Night: The Battle-Hardened Guide to Automated Backups in 2011

Disaster recovery isn't a luxury; it's survival. From rsync scripts to MySQL consistency, learn how to secure your data against hardware failure and human error while navigating Norwegian data laws.

Automated Backups or Die Trying: A SysAdmin’s Guide to Data Survival

RAID is not a backup. In this deep dive, we explore scripting robust, automated offsite backups using rsync, mysqldump, and cron to satisfy Datatilsynet requirements and save your sanity.

Sleep Is for the Weak, Backups Are for the Wise: Automating Disaster Recovery in 2010

RAID is not a backup. If you are relying on manual tarballs or local copies, you are one typo away from unemployment. Here is the battle-hardened guide to automated, consistent backups using rsync, cron, and a healthy dose of paranoia.