Veeam Kasten Disaster Recovery (DR) aims to protect Kasten from underlying infrastructure failures. In particular, this feature provides the ability to recover the Kasten platform in case of various disasters, such as Kasten's accidental deletion, failure of the underlying storage that Kasten uses for its catalog, or even the accidental destruction of the Kubernetes cluster on which Kasten is deployed.
Kasten Disaster Recovery
Kasten Disaster Recovery (KDR) is an essential feature in Veeam Kasten because, without it, critical failures in the underlying infrastructure can result in devastating consequences for your data protection and management operations. Let's say your organization is dealing with accidental deletion of the Kasten platform, whether through human error or unexpected system failures; it could lead to the complete loss of your ability to manage backups, restore, and disaster recovery workflows. This disrupts operations and jeopardizes your ability to recover protected applications and maintain business continuity.
Infrastructure failures, such as the corruption or loss of the storage that houses Kasten’s catalog, pose another significant risk. The Kasten catalog contains the metadata required for managing and recovering your workloads, and without it, even your backups may become unusable. Similarly, the destruction of the Kubernetes cluster on which Kasten is deployed, whether due to hardware issues, misconfigurations, or malicious attacks, can render your environment inoperable. Scenarios like these emphasize the importance of a disaster recovery plan, ensuring that the Kasten platform is protected and quickly restored to mitigate downtime and data loss.