Recovery log
Recovery log: cloud DR analysis and notes
Short answer
Analysis from The Rebuild Desk on cloud infrastructure recovery: what vendors publish, what they leave out, and how to shortlist. Every post was re-checked in October 2026, and every source shows the date we read it. Vendor figures are quoted as the vendors' claims.
- Re-checked October 2026 · 4 min readWhere Firefly Ranks on Fast, Complete Cloud Infrastructure Recovery, and WhyFirefly does not lead our cloud DR ranking. Which criteria put it where it is, which ones it loses, and what would change the order.Method
- Re-checked October 2026 · 4 min readThe Only Two Published Recovery Targets in Our Cloud DR Set, Read CloselyFirefly states an RTO under 1 hour and Arpio publishes RPOs from 15 minutes to real-time. What each figure measures, where it appears, and what to ask before relying on it.Claims
- Re-checked October 2026 · 4 min readCommvault and Cohesity: Two Data Protection Companies Moving into Infrastructure RebuildCommvault bought Appranix and sells it as Cloud Rewind; Cohesity sells Cloud Rebuild for AWS. How two backup companies approach rebuilding cloud infrastructure, and where they differ.Market
- Re-checked October 2026 · 4 min readWhere StackGuardian Fits in a Cloud DR Plan, and Where It Does NotStackGuardian codifies unmanaged cloud resources and detects drift but has no recovery product. Why it still appears in cloud DR shortlists and how it pairs with a recovery tool.Market
- Re-checked October 2026 · 4 min readCloud DR for a Team on AWS Only: A Shortlist Walk-ThroughEvery recovery tool we score documents AWS, so an AWS-only team chooses on other grounds. A walk-through by incident, data, price and existing contracts.Buying
- Re-checked October 2026 · 4 min readQuestions to Ask Each Cloud DR Vendor Before a TrialThe gaps in each vendor's public pages, turned into questions for the first call: prices, recovery targets, clouds, drift, failback and what recovery produces.Buying
- Re-checked October 2026 · 4 min readArpio on Azure: What the March 2026 Launch Added and What FollowedArpio announced Azure recovery on 4 March 2026, raised a Series A in June and added Amazon Bedrock in August. What each announcement says and how it shows up in our scores.Releases
- Re-checked October 2026 · 4 min readOutage, Bad Change or Region Loss: Which Cloud DR Tool to Check FirstThe three incidents in our cloud DR question favour different tools. Which tools document each one, which score highest, and what to check before relying on them.Scenarios