Cloud architecture insight
What should a cloud disaster recovery plan include?
A cloud disaster recovery plan should define critical workloads, RTO/RPO targets, recovery topologies, identity/network dependencies, backup integrity testing, runbooks, and regular recovery exercises—not only the existence of snapshots.
Architecture checklist
Classify workloads and dependencies
Set explicit RTO/RPO targets
Design recovery regions and failover paths
Protect identity and DNS as first-class dependencies
Test restores and failover on a cadence