How often do you test our backups?

We recommend testing backups at least once a month, and we set the exact frequency to your preferences and risk profile. For businesses with critical, fast-changing data, more frequent testing makes sense; the right cadence is the one that matches how much you'd lose if a restore ever failed.

Why testing matters as much as the backup itself

This is the point most businesses miss until it's too late: a backup that has never been restored is only a hope, not a recovery plan. Plenty of businesses discover — at the worst possible moment, mid-disaster — that their "backups" were incomplete, misconfigured, or quietly failing for months. The backup job reported success every night, but nobody ever tried to actually bring the data back.

What a proper test involves

• Restoring real data to confirm it comes back intact and usable — not just checking that a job ran.
• Verifying coverage — that everything important is actually included, and nothing new has been missed.
• Checking recovery time — how long a real restore takes, so your disaster-recovery expectations are realistic.
• Documenting the result, so you have evidence your data protection genuinely works.

The peace of mind it buys

Regular, documented restore testing is what turns a backup from a checkbox into genuine confidence that, whatever happens, you can recover. It's a standard part of how we manage data protection for Perth businesses — alongside immutable, offsite backups that ransomware can't touch. To have your backups reviewed and tested, call (08) 9325 1196.