Backup & Disaster Recovery in Spring
A backup you have never restored is a theory. We build immutable backups that ransomware cannot reach, test restores on a schedule and give you the results, and put your recovery time and recovery point objectives in writing so everyone knows what the plan actually buys you.
The Problem
Nearly every Spring business we meet has backups. Far fewer have recovery. The backup job reports success for months while quietly skipping a database that was moved. Copies live on a network share that any compromised account can reach and encrypt, which is precisely what modern ransomware targets first. Nobody has ever timed a full restore, so the honest answer to how long the company would be down is a guess. And the recovery point, meaning how much work would simply be lost, has never been discussed with the owner who would have to absorb it. All of this is fine right up until the day it is not.
The Solution
We design backup around recovery instead of around storage. That starts with a conversation about what each system is worth in hours of downtime and hours of lost work, because those two numbers drive every technical decision that follows. We implement immutable copies that cannot be altered or deleted within their retention window, keep copies off your production network and out of the region, and run scheduled restore tests with documented results. Sentinel-Pros manages this remotely from Houston, and Spring is inside our on site service area, so local appliances, network changes, and any hands on recovery work happen in person when the situation calls for it.
Core Responsibilities
Protect
Prove
Plan
Engagement Process
Decide what recovery is worth
We work through each critical system with leadership: how long can it be down, and how much work can be lost. Those answers set the design and the budget, and they are business decisions rather than technical ones.
Find the real gaps
We audit what is currently protected against what exists. The typical finding is a set of systems nobody realized were excluded and a backup repository sitting on the same network as everything else.
Implement immutable and offsite
We deploy backups with locked retention, separate them from production credentials, and place copies offsite and out of region so a local disaster cannot reach every copy.
Test, document, repeat
We restore on a schedule, record the elapsed time, and adjust the design when reality does not match the stated objective. Test results are reported to you rather than kept internally.
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Common Questions
Our data is in Microsoft 365. Is that already backed up?
Microsoft protects its own infrastructure and provides limited retention, which is not the same as backup. Deleted mailboxes, malicious purges, and files encrypted by a compromised account can outlast the built in retention window. A separate backup of Microsoft 365 data is a standard part of the design.
What does immutable actually mean here?
It means a backup copy cannot be changed or deleted until its retention period expires, even by an account with full administrative rights. That matters because attackers now target the backup system first. If the copies can be destroyed with stolen credentials, they are not protection.
How does this hold up during a hurricane or an extended power outage?
That is exactly why we keep copies out of region and design recovery that does not depend on your Spring office being reachable. If the building is dark or inaccessible, systems restore into a cloud environment and staff work from wherever they evacuated to.
How often do you test restores?
On a schedule agreed during design, and we send you the results including the actual elapsed time. Testing is the part most providers skip, and it is the only thing that turns a stated recovery objective into a measured one.
Do you need to be on site in Spring for any of this?
Design, management, and most recovery work happen remotely. Spring is in our Houston on site service area, so installing or replacing a local backup appliance, reconnecting equipment after an outage, or supporting a major recovery in person is straightforward.
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Spring sits in a part of Harris and Montgomery County where recovery planning is not hypothetical. The area has been through hurricane flooding, derecho winds, and multi day power loss, and the businesses along the I-45 corridor and out toward the Grand Parkway plan their year around it. A construction firm that loses its estimating and project management data mid bid season does not simply pause; it forfeits work to competitors who kept operating. Field services and inspection companies supporting the ExxonMobil campus at Springwoods Village hold customer deliverables and inspection records under contractual retention obligations, so a data loss becomes a contract problem as well as an operational one. Medical practices near CityPlace face a harder standard still, since losing patient records is a reportable event under HIPAA and not merely bad luck. Old Town Spring's restaurants, shops, and event venues run thin margins with point of sale and reservation data that is rarely backed up at all, and a single ransomware event during a busy festival weekend can be the end of a small business. Add the fact that many north side offices keep their one important server in a converted closet with no environmental controls, and the local case for immutable, offsite, tested backup writes itself.
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