{"id":1585,"date":"2011-09-16T13:20:39","date_gmt":"2011-09-16T13:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/recovery-point-objective\/"},"modified":"2011-11-11T08:26:12","modified_gmt":"2011-11-11T08:26:12","slug":"recovery-point-objective","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/1032\/recovery-point-objective-rpo","title":{"rendered":"Recovery Point Objective"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_recovery_point_objective_mean\">What Does Recovery Point Objective Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A recovery point objective (RPO) is the maximum acceptable amount of data loss measured in time. It is the age of the files or data in backup storage required to resume normal operations if a computer system or network failure occurs.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_recovery_point_objective\">Techopedia Explains Recovery Point Objective<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>RPO is measured in time and then dictates disaster recovery procedures. For example, if the RPO is set to 30 minutes, then a backup of the system is required to be done every 30 mintues. <\/p>\n<p> The RPO must be completely independent of the minimum estimated time required to resume normal operations after a disaster, known as the recovery time objective (RTO).<\/p>\n<p>Along with the RTO, the RPO helps system administrators determine appropriate disaster recovery policies and procedures and decide which backup and recovery technologies to employ given the overall design strategy that data loss should not delay the expected time to resume normal operations. 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