Backup and recovery in Leeds —
immutable, regulator-grade, restore-tested.
Servnet designs and runs backup and recovery for Leeds businesses where data loss is not a recoverable event — Leeds legal cluster under SRA client-confidentiality, Yorkshire finance under FCA Operational Resilience, Sky Bet under Gambling Commission obligations, NHS WY trusts under DSP Toolkit. Veeam, Commvault, Rubrik or Veritas — sized for workload, hardened against ransomware, restore-tested quarterly.
Why Leeds backup needs to clear a higher bar
Leeds concentrates firms ransomware actors target aggressively — the UK's second-largest legal market, Yorkshire finance, regulated betting/gaming, NHS WY healthcare. Backup design starts from "assume the production estate is compromised".
SRA client-confidentiality + record-keeping
For Leeds legal cluster (Pinsents, Eversheds, DLA Leeds, Squire Patton Boggs), backup feeds directly into SRA client-money + client-confidentiality + record-retention requirements.
FCA Operational Resilience for Yorkshire finance
For Yorkshire Building Society, First Direct and Leeds-based asset managers, backup is a control under Important Business Service resilience.
Gambling Commission for Sky Bet + gaming
For Sky Bet-class customers, backup architecture must support Gambling Commission incident reporting and player-data retention requirements.
NHS DSP Toolkit assertion 9.4
For NHS WY ICB-affiliated organisations, DSP Toolkit assertion 9.4 requires demonstrable backup and recovery aligned to data-sensitivity classification.
What Servnet backup delivers in Leeds
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 Leeds customers — Rubrik Security Cloud + Cloud Vault, r7000 appliance, Anomaly Detection.
Commvault Cloud + HyperScale X
For larger Leeds enterprise customers — Commvault Cloud, HyperScale X, Metallic for SaaS / M365 / Endpoint.
M365 / Workspace SaaS backup
Independent backup of M365 / Workspace tenants. Microsoft retains, doesn't back up.
Air-gapped vault in second Leeds DC
Off-fabric, network-isolated vault at a second Leeds DC — typically Stellium if primary is ARK Leeds.
Quarterly restore exercises
For regulated customers — quarterly tested restores, validated, documented for SRA / FCA / GC / DSPT audit.
Leeds backup + recovery customers
- ▸Leeds legal clusterPinsents, Eversheds, DLA Leeds — practice-management database backup, client-file retention aligned to SRA, M365 mailbox + SharePoint protection.
- ▸Yorkshire financeYorkshire Building Society, First Direct — Veeam or Rubrik against vSphere / Nutanix, immutable repositories, Operational Resilience-aligned restore.
- ▸Sky Bet + gamingSky Bet (Flutter), Leeds Digital — player-data backup, Gambling Commission-compliant retention, ransomware-isolated recovery.
- ▸NHS WY trustsLTHT, BTHFT, CHFT, MYHT, Airedale — clinical-system backup, DSP-Toolkit-aligned retention, HSCN-attached backup paths.
- ▸WYCA + LCC + 4 authoritiesLCC + WYCA + Bradford + Calderdale + Kirklees + Wakefield — backup of Crown Hosting / Azure workloads, statutory record retention.
- ▸Channel 4 broadcastChannel 4 national HQ — broadcast-asset backup, IP-aware retention, content-protection-aligned access controls.
How a Leeds 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 Leeds DC, software deployed, replication configured.
First successful restore — week 6
Pick a non-critical workload, restore end-to-end to isolated infrastructure, document timing and result.
Ongoing operations + quarterly testing
Day-to-day job monitoring, restore-on-demand, quarterly tested restores documented for audit.
Leeds backup + recovery — common questions
What does "immutable" actually mean for our Leeds backup data?
Data even an admin with full credentials cannot delete or modify before retention expires. We achieve this via object-lock; Veeam Hardened Repository; Rubrik immutable-by-default; Commvault Air Gap Protect.
How do you protect a Microsoft 365 tenant — surely Microsoft does it?
Microsoft retains, they don't back up. For any Leeds tenant of meaningful size we deploy a third-party M365 backup tool with independent retention.
Can you build us an air-gapped vault in a second Leeds DC?
Yes — typical design lands primary in one DC (ARK Leeds) and air-gapped vault in a second (Pulsant LBA or Stellium) with network isolation and immutable storage.
Do you do quarterly restore testing for a regulated Leeds customer?
Yes — for SRA, FCA, GC, DSPT customers we schedule quarterly tested restores: pick a workload, restore to isolated infrastructure, validate, time-box, document.
How quickly can you recover a ransomware-encrypted Leeds estate?
For a typical 150-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 Leeds firm?
Three components — software licence, backup target hardware (typically £25–55k), implementation services (£15–30k). Annual support and quarterly restore testing on top.
Other services we deliver in Leeds
Need Leeds backup that survives a regulator review or ransomware incident?
Send the workloads and the RPO / RTO you need. We'll come back with a sized design.