Client: Environmental Consulting Firm with Field Teams
Location: Ontario + two satellite offices
Duration: 5 weeks | Team Size: 2 backup & recovery engineers
Overview:
Designed and deployed a multi-tier backup and DR plan to protect critical infrastructure in field and HQ environments.
Deliverables:
- Implemented Synology NAS with RAID 6 and Btrfs snapshot replication.
- Set up Veeam Backup for VM and file services with encrypted cloud offsite backups.
- Established Synology C2 replication and cold archives.
- Developed DR runbooks, defined RTO/RPO metrics, and scheduled monthly restore tests.
- Generated automated summary reports for compliance and executive review.
Impact:
- Guaranteed <4-hour RTO for critical environments.
- Achieved resilient data storage with local + offsite safeguards.
- Increased client confidence in digital resilience and risk management.