Disaster Recovery Diagrams
Create disaster recovery and backup architecture diagrams showing primary and secondary sites, replication, and recovery procedures.
Disaster recovery diagrams document how systems are protected against failures and how they can be recovered. Backup architecture diagrams show how data is protected and retained.
Disaster Recovery Architecture
DR diagrams typically show:
Creating DR Diagrams
DR Patterns
Backup Architecture
Backup diagrams show:
Creating Backup Diagrams
Visual Conventions for DR
| Element | Representation |
|---|---|
| Primary site | Solid boundary, active colour |
| Secondary site | Dashed boundary or grey |
| Sync replication | Solid bidirectional arrow |
| Async replication | Dashed directional arrow |
| Failover path | Thick arrow or highlighted |
Best Practices
Show Both Sites Clearly
Side by side or stacked layout.
Document Replication Lag
Sync vs async, RPO values.
Include Failover Mechanism
DNS, load balancer, orchestration.
Show Dependencies
What must failover together.
Test Regularly
Update diagrams after DR tests.
Include Runbooks
Link diagrams to recovery procedures.