Backup and recovery in Liverpool —
immutable, regulator-grade, restore-tested.
Servnet designs and runs backup and recovery for Liverpool businesses where data loss is not a recoverable event — NHS C&M ICB-affiliated trusts under DSP Toolkit, Peel Ports maritime under NIS Regulations, Liverpool professional services under SRA/ICAEW, and Knowledge Quarter research under funding-body data-protection requirements. Veeam, Commvault, Rubrik or Veritas — sized for workload, hardened against ransomware, restore-tested quarterly.
Why Liverpool backup needs to clear a higher bar
Liverpool concentrates firms ransomware actors target aggressively — NHS C&M (one of the UK's largest ICBs), maritime operations critical to UK trade, research institutions with funded IP, Liverpool professional services. Backup design starts from "assume the production estate is compromised".
NHS DSP Toolkit assertion 9.4 for C&M trusts
For C&M ICB-affiliated organisations, DSP Toolkit assertion 9.4 requires demonstrable backup and recovery aligned to data-sensitivity classification.
NIS Regulations for Peel Ports maritime
For Peel Ports + Liverpool 2 as Operators of Essential Services, backup architecture must support NIS Regulations incident reporting and recovery time objectives.
SRA / ICAEW for Liverpool professional services
For Liverpool law firms and accountants, backup feeds into client-confidentiality + record-retention requirements.
Funding-body data protection for research
For Knowledge Quarter research customers, backup includes funded-project data with appropriate retention aligned to funder requirements (UKRI, Wellcome, NIHR).
What Servnet backup delivers in Liverpool
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 Liverpool customers — Rubrik Security Cloud + Cloud Vault, r7000 appliance.
Commvault Cloud + HyperScale X
For larger Liverpool enterprise customers.
M365 / Workspace SaaS backup
Independent backup of M365 / Workspace tenants. Microsoft retains, doesn't back up.
Air-gapped vault in second Liverpool DC
Off-fabric, network-isolated vault at a second Liverpool DC — typically Synergy LPL if primary is Pulsant LPL.
Quarterly restore exercises
For regulated customers — quarterly tested restores, validated, documented for DSPT / NIS / SRA audit.
Liverpool backup + recovery customers
- ▸NHS C&M trustsLUHFT, Mersey Care, Alder Hey, Liverpool Women's — clinical-system backup, DSP-Toolkit-aligned retention, HSCN-attached backup paths.
- ▸Peel Ports + maritimePeel Ports + Liverpool 2 — operational-systems backup, NIS-Regulations-aligned recovery, 24×7 restore capability.
- ▸Liverpool professional servicesPier Head + Albert Dock firms — practice-management database backup, client-file retention aligned to SRA / ICAEW.
- ▸Knowledge Quarter researchUniversity of Liverpool, LJMU — research-data backup with funder-aligned retention (UKRI / Wellcome / NIHR).
- ▸LCC + LCRCA + 6 authoritiesLCC + LCRCA + 6 Merseyside authorities — backup of Crown Hosting / Azure workloads, statutory record retention.
- ▸FACT + creativeFACT, Liverpool Sound City — IP-classified backup, content masters with appropriate access controls.
How a Liverpool 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 Liverpool DC.
First successful restore — week 6
Pick a non-critical workload, restore end-to-end to isolated infrastructure, document timing.
Ongoing operations + quarterly testing
Day-to-day job monitoring, restore-on-demand, quarterly tested restores documented for audit.
Liverpool backup + recovery — common questions
What does "immutable" actually mean for our Liverpool backup data?
Data even an admin with full credentials cannot delete or modify before retention expires. Achieved 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 Liverpool tenant of meaningful size we deploy a third-party M365 backup tool.
Can you build us an air-gapped vault in a second Liverpool DC?
Yes — typical design lands primary in one DC (Pulsant LPL) and air-gapped vault in a second (Synergy LPL or KCOM NW).
Do you do quarterly restore testing for an NHS C&M trust?
Yes — for NHS C&M-affiliated trusts we schedule quarterly tested restores aligned to DSP Toolkit assertion 9.4 evidence requirements.
How quickly can you recover a ransomware-encrypted Liverpool 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 Liverpool firm?
Three components — software licence, backup target hardware (typically £25–55k), implementation services (£15–30k).
Other services we deliver in Liverpool
Need Liverpool backup that survives a regulator review or ransomware incident?
Send the workloads and the RPO / RTO you need.