Backup and recovery in Cardiff —
immutable, regulator-grade, restore-tested.
Servnet designs and runs backup and recovery for Cardiff businesses where data loss is not a recoverable event — NHS Wales LHBs under NHS Wales Information Governance, Welsh Government under statutory record retention, BBC Cymru broadcast under IP-protection obligations, and Cardiff finance + legal under SRA/FCA. Veeam, Commvault, Rubrik or Veritas — restore-tested quarterly.
Why Cardiff backup needs to clear a higher bar
Cardiff concentrates regulated estates with Welsh-specific governance — NHS Wales LHBs, Welsh Government, broadcast IP. Backup design starts from "assume the production estate is compromised".
NHS Wales Information Governance + Caldicott
For NHS Wales LHB-affiliated organisations, backup feeds into NHS Wales IG Framework and Caldicott Principles for clinical data retention.
Welsh Government statutory record retention
For Welsh Government departments, ALBs and Welsh councils, backup retention aligns to Welsh-specific statutory record-keeping requirements.
BBC Cymru + Bad Wolf IP-protected backup
For Cardiff Bay broadcast customers, backup includes IP-classified data (broadcast masters, production assets) with appropriate retention and access controls.
SRA / FCA for Cardiff finance + legal
For Cardiff law firms and accountants, backup feeds into client-confidentiality + record-retention requirements.
What Servnet backup delivers in Cardiff
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 Cardiff customers — Rubrik Security Cloud + Cloud Vault.
Commvault Cloud + HyperScale X
For larger Cardiff enterprise customers.
M365 / Workspace SaaS backup
Independent backup of M365 / Workspace tenants. Microsoft retains, doesn't back up.
Air-gapped vault at NGD Newport
Off-fabric, network-isolated vault at NGD Newport — typically as the second-tier vault if primary is Telehouse Cardiff.
Quarterly restore exercises
For regulated customers — quarterly tested restores, validated, documented for NHS Wales IG / Welsh Gov / SRA audit.
Cardiff backup + recovery customers
- ▸NHS Wales LHBsCardiff & Vale + 6 other LHBs — clinical-system backup, NHS Wales IG-aligned retention, Caldicott-aware handling.
- ▸Welsh Government + ALBsWelsh Gov + ALBs — backup of Crown Hosting / Azure workloads, NCSC-aligned retention, statutory record-keeping.
- ▸BBC Cymru + Bad Wolf broadcastCardiff Bay broadcast — broadcast-asset backup, IP-aware retention, content-protection-aligned access controls.
- ▸Cardiff finance + legalEversheds Cardiff, Hugh James — practice-management database backup, client-file retention aligned to SRA.
- ▸Welsh universitiesCardiff University, Cardiff Met, USW — research-data backup, funder-aligned retention.
- ▸CCC + 22 Welsh authoritiesCCC + 21 other Welsh authorities — statutory record backup, Welsh-specific compliance.
How a Cardiff 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 Cardiff 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.
Cardiff backup + recovery — common questions
What does "immutable" actually mean for our Cardiff 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 Cardiff tenant of meaningful size we deploy a third-party M365 backup tool.
Can you build us an air-gapped vault in NGD Newport?
Yes — NGD Newport is one of our most frequently-used Welsh vault locations. Network isolation, immutable storage, credentials separated from production.
Do you do quarterly restore testing for an NHS Wales LHB?
Yes — for NHS Wales LHB-affiliated organisations we schedule quarterly tested restores aligned to NHS Wales IG evidence requirements.
How quickly can you recover a ransomware-encrypted Cardiff 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 Cardiff firm?
Three components — software licence, backup target hardware (typically £25–55k), implementation services (£15–30k).
Other services we deliver in Cardiff
Need Cardiff backup that survives a regulator review or ransomware incident?
Send the workloads and the RPO / RTO you need.