Backup and recovery in Belfast —
immutable, regulator-grade, restore-tested.
Servnet designs and runs backup and recovery for Belfast businesses where data loss is not a recoverable event — HSC NI Trusts under HSC NI Information Governance, NI Executive under statutory record retention, Titanic Quarter tech under dual UK + EU GDPR, and Belfast finance + legal under SRA / FCA. Veeam, Commvault, Rubrik or Veritas — restore-tested quarterly.
Why Belfast backup needs to clear a higher bar
Belfast concentrates regulated estates with NI-specific governance — HSC NI Trusts, NI Exec, plus cross-border tech operating under dual GDPR. Backup design starts from "assume the production estate is compromised".
HSC NI Information Governance
For HSC NI Trusts, backup feeds into HSC NI IG Framework and Caldicott Principles for clinical + social-care data retention.
NI statutory record retention
For NI Executive departments, ALBs and NI councils, backup retention aligns to NI-specific statutory record-keeping requirements.
Dual UK + EU GDPR for Titanic Quarter tech
For cross-border Belfast tech, backup architecture supports both UK GDPR and EU GDPR with appropriate data-residency separation.
SRA / FCA for Belfast finance + legal
For Belfast law firms and accountants, backup feeds into client-confidentiality + record-retention requirements.
What Servnet backup delivers in Belfast
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 Belfast customers — Rubrik Security Cloud + Cloud Vault.
Commvault Cloud + HyperScale X
For larger Belfast enterprise customers.
M365 / Workspace SaaS backup
Independent backup of M365 / Workspace tenants. Microsoft retains, doesn't back up.
Air-gapped vault in second Belfast DC
Off-fabric, network-isolated vault at a second Belfast DC — typically Synergy BFS if primary is Pulsant BFS.
Quarterly restore exercises
For regulated customers — quarterly tested restores, validated, documented for HSC NI IG / FCA audit.
Belfast backup + recovery customers
- ▸HSC NI TrustsBelfast Trust + 4 others — clinical-system backup, HSC NI IG-aligned retention, Caldicott-aware handling.
- ▸NI Executive + departmentsNI Exec + 9 departments — backup of Crown Hosting / Azure workloads, NCSC-aligned retention, NI-specific statutory record-keeping.
- ▸Titanic Quarter cross-border techAllstate NI, Citi Belfast, Liberty IT — dual UK + EU GDPR-aware backup, customer-data backup with regional separation.
- ▸Belfast finance + legalBelfast finance + legal firms — practice-management database backup, client-file retention aligned to SRA / FCA.
- ▸QUB + Ulster universitiesQUB + Ulster — research-data backup with funder-aligned retention.
- ▸BCC + 11 NI councilsBCC + 10 NI councils + PSNI + NIFRS — backup of Crown Hosting / Azure workloads, statutory record retention.
How a Belfast backup engagement runs
Assessment + design — weeks 1–2
Existing-backup audit, RPO / RTO targets, ransomware scenario stress-test, regulator-mapping.
Hardware + software deployment
Backup repository racked in agreed Belfast 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 documented for audit.
Belfast backup + recovery — common questions
What does "immutable" actually mean for our Belfast backup data?
Data even an admin with full credentials cannot delete or modify before retention expires.
How do you protect a Microsoft 365 tenant — surely Microsoft does it?
Microsoft retains, they don't back up. For any Belfast tenant of meaningful size we deploy a third-party M365 backup tool.
Can you build us an air-gapped vault in a second Belfast DC?
Yes — typical design lands primary in one DC (Pulsant BFS) and air-gapped vault in a second (Synergy BFS or Telecity BFS).
Do you do quarterly restore testing for an HSC NI Trust?
Yes — for HSC NI Trust-affiliated organisations we schedule quarterly tested restores aligned to HSC NI IG evidence requirements.
How quickly can you recover a ransomware-encrypted Belfast estate?
For a typical 100-VM estate with Veeam or Rubrik and immutable repositories: critical-service restore within 4–8 hours, full estate recovery 24–72 hours.
How do you price backup for a 100-VM Belfast firm?
Three components — software licence, backup target hardware (typically £25–55k), implementation services (£15–30k).
Other services we deliver in Belfast
Need Belfast backup that survives a regulator review or ransomware incident?
Send the workloads and the RPO / RTO you need.