Backup and recovery in Newcastle —
immutable, regulator-grade, restore-tested.
Servnet designs and runs backup and recovery for Newcastle businesses where data loss is not a recoverable event — NHS NENC ICB-affiliated trusts under DSP Toolkit (UK's largest ICB by population), Sage-class enterprise software under SOC 2, Newcastle professional services under SRA / FCA, and Helix research under funding-body data-protection requirements. Veeam, Commvault, Rubrik or Veritas — restore-tested quarterly.
Why Newcastle backup needs to clear a higher bar
Newcastle concentrates firms ransomware actors target aggressively — NHS NENC (largest UK ICB), Sage Group (UK enterprise software giant), Quayside finance, and Newcastle universities with funded research. Backup design starts from "assume the production estate is compromised".
NHS DSP Toolkit assertion 9.4 for NENC trusts
For NENC ICB-affiliated organisations, DSP Toolkit assertion 9.4 requires demonstrable backup and recovery.
SOC 2 + customer-data protection for Sage
For Sage Group and enterprise-software customers, backup architecture must support SOC 2 evidence requirements and customer-data-segregation across multiple-tenancy backup repositories.
SRA / FCA for Quayside professional services
For Newcastle law firms and accountants, backup feeds into client-confidentiality + record-retention requirements.
Funding-body data protection for research
For Newcastle + Northumbria + Durham research customers, backup includes funded-project data with appropriate retention aligned to UKRI / Wellcome / NIHR.
What Servnet backup delivers in Newcastle
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 Newcastle customers — Rubrik Security Cloud + Cloud Vault, r7000 appliance.
Commvault Cloud + HyperScale X
For larger Newcastle enterprise customers — Commvault Cloud, HyperScale X.
M365 / Workspace SaaS backup
Independent backup of M365 / Workspace tenants. Microsoft retains, doesn't back up.
Air-gapped vault in second Newcastle DC
Off-fabric, network-isolated vault at a second Newcastle DC — typically Pulsant NCL if primary is Stellium NCL.
Quarterly restore exercises
For regulated customers — quarterly tested restores, validated, documented for DSPT / SOC 2 / SRA audit.
Newcastle backup + recovery customers
- ▸NHS NENC trustsNewcastle Hospitals, Northumbria Healthcare + 9 others — clinical-system backup, DSP-Toolkit-aligned retention, HSCN-attached paths.
- ▸Sage Group + Cobalt enterprise softwareSage HQ + Cobalt — customer-data backup, SOC 2-aligned retention, multi-tenant isolation in backup repositories.
- ▸Helix innovation districtHelix scale-ups + NICD — research-data backup with funder-aligned retention.
- ▸Quayside finance + legalWomble Bond Dickinson, DAC Beachcroft — practice-management database backup, client-file retention aligned to SRA.
- ▸Newcastle + Northumbria universitiesNewcastle, Northumbria, Durham — research-data backup with funder-aligned retention.
- ▸NCC + NECA + 7 authoritiesNCC + NECA + 7 NE authorities — backup of Crown Hosting / Azure workloads, statutory record retention.
How a Newcastle 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 Newcastle 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.
Newcastle backup + recovery — common questions
What does "immutable" actually mean for our Newcastle 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 Newcastle tenant of meaningful size we deploy a third-party M365 backup tool.
Can you build us an air-gapped vault in a second Newcastle DC?
Yes — typical design lands primary in one DC (Stellium NCL) and air-gapped vault in a second (Pulsant NCL or iomart Newcastle).
Do you do quarterly restore testing for an NHS NENC trust?
Yes — for NENC-affiliated trusts we schedule quarterly tested restores aligned to DSP Toolkit assertion 9.4.
How quickly can you recover a ransomware-encrypted Newcastle 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 Newcastle firm?
Three components — software licence, backup target hardware (typically £25–55k), implementation services (£15–30k).
Other services we deliver in Newcastle
Need Newcastle backup that survives a regulator review or ransomware incident?
Send the workloads and the RPO / RTO you need.