Data Backup and Disaster Recovery Services

Secure your mission-critical business information with data backup and disaster recovery services from Framework IT.

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Protect Your Business With Our Data Backup and Recovery Solutions

Framework IT understands the critical importance of safeguarding your business data. Our comprehensive data protection solutions extend across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments, ensuring minimal downtime and business interruption. In a landscape where disasters, data loss, and cyberattacks loom, we tailor backup and disaster recovery services to your unique needs—whether it's servers, Microsoft 365 Tenants, computers, or critical line-of-business applications.

Why Businesses Choose Framework for Backup and Disaster Recovery Services

Comprehensive Data Protection

Our data backup and disaster recovery services shield your business with comprehensive data protection across various platforms, delivering quick restoration and continuous backup to minimize downtime and disruptions.

Secure, Scalable, and Simple Backup Solutions

Our intuitive BDR backup services scale easily to match your growth, providing a robust backup and recovery solution that aligns with your business needs and provides peace of mind.

Multiple Deployment Options

Framework IT provides flexible deployment of our secure data backup and disaster recovery solutions, whether on-premises, in the cloud, for remote sites, or a hybrid model based on your business priorities and recovery goals.

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Explore the Benefits of Our BDR Backup Solutions

  • Fast and Reliable Disaster Recovery: Our data backup and disaster recovery services are capable of recovering crashed systems in record time, ensuring your business can get back up and running in no time.
  • Better Business Continuity: Whether disaster strikes in the form of a natural disaster or a security breach, our solutions minimize downtime and data loss, helping you maintain business continuity.
  • Proactive Crisis Management: Framework IT helps you establish detailed response plans that are tailored to your IT environment and unique business needs, ensuring you can react decisively when disaster strikes.
  • Improved Compliance: With regular backups across your diverse IT environment, we help you maintain data integrity and compliance with relevant industry standards.
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Prevent Data Loss With Comprehensive Data Backup and Recovery Services

At Framework IT, we strive to provide comprehensive data protection solutions that protect your business and keep your operations running smoothly. Get in touch with our team today, and let's establish a resilient recovery plan that supports your unique business.

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Why Businesses Choose Framework for Backup and Disaster Recovery Services


A Recovery-Focused Approach

Our data backup and disaster recovery services focus on your business outcome. We want you to get back up and running as fast as possible to minimize the negative impact on your business.

Cutting-Edge Cloud Technology

We leverage leading cloud platforms as part of our disaster recovery solution to ensure you have near-immediate access to your mission-critical data. This includes on-site and off-premise disaster recovery capabilities, allowing you to recover regardless of the issue you're facing.

Industry Expertise

Framework provides more than just a technical solution for when disaster strikes. With hundreds of industry certifications, our team is well equipped to help you develop a continuity plan that ensures you can get back up and running in no time.

Find Answers for Your Frequently Asked Questions About Data Backup and Recovery Services

Q What's the difference between data backup and disaster recovery?

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Data backup copies and stores your files, databases, and system images so they can be restored if something goes wrong. Disaster recovery is the broader plan for getting your entire operation running again after a major disruption, whether a cyberattack, hardware failure, or natural event. Backup is one component of disaster recovery, not a substitute for it. A real DR plan pairs backup with tested restoration procedures, defined recovery targets, and assigned roles.

Q Why do small businesses need a disaster recovery plan?

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Small businesses face the same threats as large ones (ransomware, hardware failures, accidental deletion) but typically have less capacity to absorb downtime. Without a disaster recovery plan, a single server failure or ransomware event can halt operations for days and put client data at risk. A documented plan with tested backups, defined recovery targets, and assigned responsibilities turns a potential shutdown into a controlled, recoverable event. Framework IT includes data backup and disaster recovery as part of its managed IT services.

Q What should a disaster recovery plan include?

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A strong disaster recovery plan covers an inventory of protected systems, backup schedules with defined recovery point and recovery time objectives, restoration procedures for each critical system, assigned roles and escalation paths, and a testing cadence to verify everything actually works. It should account for multiple failure types, from a single deleted file to a full-site outage, and include communication protocols so your team and clients know what's happening during a disruption.

Q Does Microsoft 365 need third-party backup?

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Yes. Microsoft's built-in retention policies protect against platform-level outages but don't fully cover accidental deletion past the recycle-bin window, malicious deletion by a compromised account, or regulatory requirements calling for long-term archival. A third-party backup captures Exchange mailboxes, SharePoint sites, OneDrive files, and Teams data on its own schedule with granular restore, letting you recover a single email or an entire user account independently of Microsoft's retention limits. Framework IT includes Microsoft 365 backup as part of its managed IT services.

Q What's a good RTO and RPO for a small business?

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RTO (recovery time objective) is how fast you need systems back online. RPO (recovery point objective) is how much data you can afford to lose, measured in time since the last backup. The right targets depend on what each system does for your business. A revenue-driving application needs tighter targets than a file archive. Rank your systems by business impact and set RTO and RPO per tier rather than applying one blanket target across everything.

Q How do you test a disaster recovery plan?

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Testing happens at multiple levels. Automated verification spins up backed-up systems in an isolated environment and captures screenshots to confirm they boot correctly, though this capability is solution-dependent. File-level restore tests confirm individual recovery works on demand. Full-scale drills go further: restoring entire servers to a test environment, validating applications launch with data intact, and measuring actual recovery time against your targets. Layer all three, with automated checks running on a regular cadence and full-scale drills scheduled based on compliance requirements and risk profile.

Q How much does backup and disaster recovery cost for a small business?

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Most managed IT providers bundle backup and disaster recovery into a per-user, per-device, per-mailbox, or custom fee alongside support, security, and strategic planning rather than pricing it as a standalone service. When purchased separately, cost depends on the number of systems covered, data volume, recovery speed requirements, and whether you need on-site hardware or cloud-only protection. A flat monthly model with pooled storage is more predictable than per-gigabyte pricing, which can spike as your data grows.

Q What should I look for in a backup and disaster recovery provider?

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Look for automated backup verification that actually boots your systems in an isolated environment to prove they're recoverable, not just job-completion alerts. Confirm the provider offers immutable or air-gapped storage that protects backup copies from ransomware, covers servers and cloud platforms and endpoints, and prices storage predictably without per-gigabyte overage fees. Ask how they handle full-scale disaster recovery drills, not just file restores. Framework IT includes automated verification, immutable backup storage, and flat-fee pooled pricing as part of its managed backup and disaster recovery services.

Q Do businesses in Chicago need local disaster recovery or is cloud enough?

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For most small and midsized businesses, cloud-based disaster recovery is more reliable than a separate local recovery site. Cloud DR stores copies in geographically distributed data centers, so a localized event in Chicago, whether a power outage, flood, or fire, doesn't take your backups down with your primary systems. An on-site appliance still helps for faster single-server restores. A hybrid model pairing local hardware with cloud replication covers both scenarios. Framework IT offers on-premises, cloud, and hybrid backup deployments tailored to each client's recovery goals.

Q Managed backup services for small businesses in Chicago

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A managed backup service handles the full backup lifecycle: configuring schedules, monitoring job completion, verifying recoverability through automated testing, and running restores when needed. For a small business without dedicated IT staff, this means failures get caught and fixed before you discover them during an actual emergency. Look for a provider that covers your full environment, including servers, cloud platforms like Microsoft 365, and endpoints, under one service rather than piecing together separate tools. Framework IT provides managed backup and disaster recovery for small businesses in the Chicago area as part of its managed IT services.

Q How do Chicago businesses protect against data loss from ransomware?

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The most important protection against ransomware-driven data loss is keeping backup copies that ransomware can't reach or encrypt. Immutable or air-gapped backups store recovery points in a way that prevents deletion or modification, even if an attacker gains administrative access to your production systems. Pair that with endpoint detection that catches ransomware before it spreads, and you cover both prevention and recovery. Automated verification confirms your backups stay intact and bootable, so you're not finding corruption during the actual restore. Framework IT's managed backup services include immutable backup protection alongside endpoint security and SOC monitoring.

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Protect your business with Framework IT's comprehensive Managed Detection & Response services that are included with all of our managed services packages. Contact us today to learn more about how we can safeguard your IT environment from evolving cyber threats.

Phone: (312) 564-5446
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Address: 700 N Sacramento Blvd., Suite 101, Chicago, IL 60612

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