Healthcare · DR on OCI

A healthcare provider built cross region DR on OCI with a 15 minute recovery time.

A healthcare provider had no tested disaster recovery for its core systems. We built a cross region DR posture on OCI with a recovery time objective of 15 minutes and a proven failover.

Modern hospital corridor representing a healthcare provider
15 min
recovery time objective
2
OCI regions
100%
successful failover test
0
reliance on a single operator
The situation

Where they started.

The provider ran clinical systems that had to be available, but its disaster recovery plan existed only on paper. Backups were taken, yet no one had proven a recovery inside a time the business could survive. A regional outage would have meant hours of downtime for systems that clinicians depended on.

They needed a tested DR posture with a recovery time measured in minutes, and they needed evidence that it actually worked.

What we did

The work.

  • Defined recovery time and recovery point objectives with the clinical owners.
  • Designed a cross region DR pattern with a standby in a second OCI region.
  • Set up database replication with Data Guard for a fast, consistent failover.
  • Automated the failover steps so recovery did not depend on a single person.
  • Ran a live failover test and measured the actual recovery time.
  • Documented the runbook and scheduled recurring DR tests.
The architecture

The OCI architecture used.

The design put a warm standby in a second region and automated the failover, so recovery time came from engineering rather than hope.

ElementWhat we usedWhy
Standby regionSecond OCI regionSurvives a full regional outage
Database replicationData GuardConsistent, low lag standby for fast failover
FailoverAutomated runbookRecovery does not depend on one person being available
AssuranceScheduled DR testsProves the recovery time stays inside target
The recovery plan stopped being a document and became a tested capability with a recovery time of 15 minutes.
Related

Where this connects.

Solution

Disaster Recovery & HA

How we design tested DR and high availability on OCI.

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Solution

OCI Networking

The cross region networking behind a DR design.

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Service

OCI Managed Services

Running and testing the DR posture after it is built.

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