Backup & Disaster Recovery

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Backup & Disaster Recovery for growing businesses

Protect your data. Protect your business.

When your backups are designed correctly, your data stays safe, your systems stay recoverable, and your business stays online

Continuous protection
Fast recovery
One accountable partner
Managed IT Services Durban

IT can be frustrating

Weak backups put your data and business at risk

Many organisations rely on outdated, incomplete, or incorrectly configured backups. When disaster strikes — hardware failure, cyberattacks, corruption, or accidental deletion — these systems often fail without warning.

Without a reliable backup and recovery strategy, you risk:

Get IT stability within 90 days

Backup & Disaster recovery solutions that keeps you operational

Stratus IT designs, manages, and monitors your backups — giving you secure data, fast recovery, and the confidence that your systems are always recoverable.

Correct Backup Design

Aligned to your IT environment and business continuity needs.

Continuous Monitoring

Backups checked and validated for successful completion.

Secure Storage

Encrypted, off-site, and cloud-ready protection options.

Rapid Recovery

Fast restoration to minimise downtime and disruption.

Why clients choose us

Backup systems engineered for IT reliability

Stratus IT designs and manages backup systems that are built specifically for business IT environments — correctly architected, securely stored, and continuously monitored.

Yash and Caryn always ensure I'm sorted out, and they really go out of their way. I know it's a business relationship but sometimes it feels much more—like we're a team. Your service and dedication set you apart.

Thank you for going out of your way to get us up and running. You prove we're not just a debtor but partners. Whenever I call, Jared or Yash is ready to listen and sort it out immediately. Your efforts are truly valued

Service excellence is rare these days. Gordon has assisted us for several years and recently went out of his way to service our computers urgently. His efficiency, product knowledge, and willingness to help are impressive. I've highly recommended your company to the new owner.

I was extremely satisfied with Stratus IT restoring my computer and transforming it into a new-like one. Your technician was efficient, knowledgeable, and helpful with any query. He walked the extra mile with me. I'd readily recommend your expertise.

Every backup is tested, validated, and aligned to your recovery requirements. With full visibility, compliance-aligned processes, and one accountable partner overseeing your backups end to end, you get the confidence that your data is safe and your systems are recoverable when you need them most.

How we can help you

What’s included in your Backup & Disaster Recovery solution

Backup Design & Coverage

A correctly designed backup strategy covering servers, endpoints, cloud workloads, and critical applications.

Secure, Redundant Storage

Encrypted local, off-site, and cloud storage options with controlled retention.

Monitoring & Recovery Testing

Daily backup checks with scheduled restore tests to ensure your data is recoverable.

Fast Recovery & Ongoing Support

Rapid system recovery during outages, with continuous management and reporting as your environment evolves.

How it works

Your path to reliable data protection

Our process ensures your business has the protection, visibility, and recoverability it needs.

Step 1

Assess & Plan

We analyse your systems, risks, and recovery needs to design a reliable backup strategy.

Step 2

Implement & Secure

We configure and deploy secure, redundant backups across your critical systems.

Step 3

Recover with Confidence

Your backups are monitored and tested, ensuring fast, predictable recovery whenever you
need it.

Our Managed IT Solutions

Why Choose Stratus IT

Most businesses assume their backups are running, but discover gaps only when it’s too late. Stratus IT gives you complete visibility and full ownership of your backup and recovery strategy. 

Backup & Disaster Recovery

We handle backups differently:

Continuity-Focused Design

Backups built around your business continuity needs, not just data storage.

Clear Recovery Expectations

Defined RPO and RTO targets so you know exactly how quickly you can recover.

Protection Beyond Hardware Failure

Designed to withstand ransomware, corruption, and accidental deletion — not just outages.

Part of a Broader IT Partnership

Backup is integrated into your full IT environment, giving you one partner accountable for keeping your systems operational.

Partner with Stratus IT

Backup protection that keeps your business safe.

Weak or untested backups lead to data loss, downtime, and costly disruption. Stratus IT designs, manages, and monitors your backups — giving you secure data, fast recovery, and confidence your business can withstand any outage or disaster.

Got questions? We’ve got you covered.

We protect servers, endpoints, cloud workloads, applications, and business-critical data.

Retention periods are set according to your compliance needs and business requirements.

Recovery time depends on your environment and strategy — we design it upfront for transparency and predictability.

Yes. We protect on-premise, cloud, and mixed IT environments.

Yes. We monitor backups continuously and perform regular recovery tests.

If you would like to know anything else just send us a mail on
info@stratusit.co.za

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