Backup and recovery in Aberdeen —
immutable, regulator-grade, restore-tested.
Servnet designs and runs backup and recovery for Aberdeen businesses where data loss is not a recoverable event — oil + gas under NIS Regulations + industry record retention, NHS Grampian under NHS Scotland IG, subsea engineering under IP-protection obligations, University of Aberdeen + RGU under funder-aligned retention. Veeam, Commvault, Rubrik or Veritas — restore-tested quarterly.
Why Aberdeen backup needs to clear a higher bar
Aberdeen concentrates oil + gas operational data + NHS Grampian + subsea IP + energy research. Backup design starts from "assume the production estate is compromised".
NIS Regulations + industry retention for oil + gas
For oil + gas operations under NIS Regulations 2018 as OES, plus oil + gas industry record-retention requirements, backup architecture must support both.
NHS Scotland IG for NHS Grampian
For NHS Grampian, backup feeds into NHS Scotland IG Framework and Caldicott Principles for clinical data retention.
Subsea engineering IP protection
For Wood Group, ASCO, Acteon subsea engineering customers, backup includes engineering IP-classified data with appropriate retention.
Funder-aligned retention for energy research
For University of Aberdeen + RGU energy research, backup includes funded-project data with retention aligned to UKRI, EPSRC, NERC.
What Servnet backup delivers in Aberdeen
Veeam Data Platform deployments
Veeam Backup & Replication, Veeam ONE, Veeam Recovery Orchestrator, Veeam for M365, Veeam Hardened Repository.
Rubrik Security Cloud + r7000
For high-value Aberdeen customers.
Commvault Cloud + HyperScale X
For larger Aberdeen enterprise customers.
M365 / Workspace SaaS backup
Independent backup of M365 / Workspace tenants.
Air-gapped vault in second Aberdeen DC
Off-fabric, network-isolated vault — typically iomart Aberdeen if primary is Brightsolid ABZ.
Quarterly restore exercises
For regulated customers — quarterly tested restores.
Aberdeen backup + recovery customers
- ▸Oil + gas majorsBP / Shell / TotalEnergies / Equinor — operational data backup, NIS-Regulations-aligned recovery, oil + gas industry retention.
- ▸Wood Group + ASCO + subseaWood Group, ASCO, Acteon — engineering IP backup with appropriate access controls, project-data retention.
- ▸NHS GrampianAberdeen Royal Infirmary, Royal Aberdeen Children's, Cornhill — clinical-system backup, NHS Scotland IG-aligned retention.
- ▸ETZ + renewablesETZ tenants — renewables R&D data backup, wind-simulation data retention.
- ▸University of Aberdeen + RGUUniversity of Aberdeen + RGU — research-data backup, funder-aligned retention.
- ▸ACC + Aberdeenshire CouncilACC + Aberdeenshire — backup of Crown Hosting / Azure workloads, statutory record retention.
How an Aberdeen backup engagement runs
Assessment + design — weeks 1–2
Existing-backup audit, RPO / RTO targets, ransomware scenario stress-test.
Hardware + software deployment
Backup repository racked in agreed Aberdeen DC.
First successful restore — week 6
Pick a non-critical workload, restore end-to-end to isolated infrastructure.
Ongoing operations + quarterly testing
Day-to-day job monitoring, restore-on-demand, quarterly tested restores.
Aberdeen backup + recovery — common questions
What does "immutable" mean for our Aberdeen backup data?
Data even an admin with full credentials cannot delete or modify before retention expires.
How do you protect a Microsoft 365 tenant?
Microsoft retains, doesn't back up. We deploy third-party M365 backup tools.
Can you build us an air-gapped vault in a second Aberdeen DC?
Yes — primary in one DC (Brightsolid ABZ) and air-gapped vault in a second (iomart Aberdeen or Pulsant North).
Do you do quarterly restore testing for NHS Grampian?
Yes — for NHS Grampian-affiliated organisations we schedule quarterly tested restores aligned to NHS Scotland IG.
How quickly can you recover a ransomware-encrypted Aberdeen estate?
For 200-VM estate with immutable repositories: critical-service restore within 4–8 hours, full estate 24–72 hours.
How do you price backup for a 100-VM Aberdeen firm?
Three components — software licence, backup target hardware (£25–55k), implementation services (£15–30k).
Other services we deliver in Aberdeen
Need Aberdeen backup that survives a regulator review?
Send the workloads and the RPO / RTO you need.