Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) is a cloud-based solution that enables organizations to back up critical systems and data and quickly restore them in the event of a disaster, whether it’s caused by cyberattacks, hardware failure, natural events, or human error. Unlike traditional backup approaches that often require manual intervention and on-premises infrastructure, DRaaS replicates entire systems—including operating systems, applications, and configurations—to a secure cloud environment. This allows businesses to recover their IT operations remotely and rapidly, minimizing downtime and maintaining business continuity. With flexible, scalable delivery models, DRaaS is particularly valuable for organizations seeking to reduce the complexity, cost, and risk of managing disaster recovery in-house. Traditionally, DRaaS does not include automated recovery verification – this is where Cristie Continuous Recovery Assurance transforms the capabilities for DRaaS providers and end users.
According to a 2025 market‑forecast report from Knowledge Sourcing Intelligence, the global Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) Market is projected to expand from USD 13.660 billion in 2025 to USD 30.629 billion in 2030, representing a robust compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 17.53%.
This strong growth outlook reflects a broad shift in enterprise IT strategies. Rapid digital transformation, rising ransomware and cyber‑threat risk, and regulatory pressure for business continuity are fuelling demand for cloud‑based disaster recovery. Organizations increasingly prefer DRaaS over traditional on‑premises disaster recovery, drawn by scalability, cost efficiency, and operational agility.
Other market studies echo this trend: for example, a report by Grand View Research estimates the DRaaS market will grow to USD 74.34 billion by 2030, driven by growing demand for business continuity and data protection. (Grand View Research)
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For IT leaders, C‑level executives, and MSPs (Managed Service Providers), the projected DRaaS growth signals three important shifts:
From a niche to a core component of IT resilience strategy. In fact, some organizations are deploying DRaaS within their own private cloud networks.
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With more organizations depending on DRaaS, “simply having backups” is no longer enough — customers now expect recovery guarantees.
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Providers that offer not only replication, but automated and validated recovery workflows will gain an edge in service quality and trust.
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This is where advanced capabilities like Continuous Recovery Assurance become a differentiator.
Traditional DRaaS focuses on backing up data or replicating systems; it rarely ensures that those backups can be reliably restored when disaster strikes. That “hope‑and‑pray” model leaves organizations vulnerable; especially in ransomware or major outage scenarios when time is critical.
Cristie Software addresses this gap through its Continuous Recovery Assurance capability, an approach that automates system recovery validation within a Clean Room environment after the completion of each successful backup job, giving confidence that:
Backups have integrity and have not been corrupted or encrypted.
Entire system restores will succeed, including OS boot & application health.
Entire system restores will succeed, including OS boot & application health.
Recovery works across the full stack: OS, applications, data — not just files.
In effect, Continuous Recovery Assurance turns DRaaS from passive protection into an actively verified, resilience‑certified service.
The table below highlights the differences between Traditional Backup, Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS), and DRaaS with Cristie Continuous Recovery Assurance:
| Feature / Capability | Traditional Backup | DRaaS | DRaaS with Continuous Recovery Assurance |
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Automatic Testing / Validation of Backups |
Manual (if done at all)
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Some periodic testing
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✅ Fully automated, ongoing recovery testing
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Cyber Resilience |
Limited recovery might fail after an attack
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Improved, but still risk of untested backups
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✅ High: Automated verification ensures backups are reliable
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Complexity of Setup & Maintenance |
Requires in-house effort and hardware
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Managed by service provider
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✅ Fully automated with added validation layer
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Cloud Integration / Flexibility |
Minimal
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Cloud-native or hybrid capabilities
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✅ Cloud-ready with support for physical, hybrid and multi-cloud
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Cost Efficiency |
Lower upfront, but high TCO over time
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Subscription-based; better scalability
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✅ Efficient cost-to-value ratio with reduced failure risk
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Usability for MSPs |
Limited
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Offers services, but with manual verification
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✅ Ideal for MSPs: Adds service value with automated testing
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Regulatory Compliance Support |
Depends on in-house expertise
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Better, but needs manual audit support
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✅ Enhanced audit-ready with validated recovery records
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User Confidence in Recovery |
Often uncertain
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Moderate
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✅ High: Backed by ongoing successful recovery tests
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Key: ✅ = Feature is robust and built-in
By offering Continuous Recovery Assurance, Cristie Software sets a higher bar: not just replication or bare metal recovery (BMR), but recovery‑verified resilience. That makes Cristie a valuable partner for both MSPs seeking to offer top‑tier DRaaS, and enterprises needing guaranteed data integrity and rapid recovery. Continuous Recovery Assurance can automatically validate the recovery of backups performed by backup solutions from leading vendors including Cohesity, Rubrik, Dell Technologies and IBM. Continuous Recovery Assurance can easily be deployed at scale to verify the recoverability of large physical server estates with comprehensive reporting. In addition, recovery results can be exported to ticketing platforms through the provided APIs.
As the DRaaS market accelerates toward a projected $30.6 billion by 2030, the pressure is mounting on IT leaders and service providers to not just backup data, but to guarantee it can be recovered reliably, rapidly, and securely. Traditional backup alone no longer meets the demands of modern cybersecurity, and even standard DRaaS solutions fall short when backup integrity is left unchecked.
That’s where Cristie Software’s Continuous Recovery Assurance sets a new standard. By automatically validating backup recoverability, Cristie empowers both Managed Service Providers (MSPs) and enterprise IT teams to deliver and depend on truly resilient disaster recovery strategies. Whether you’re securing business-critical systems or delivering SLAs to clients, Cristie ensures that recovery won’t just be possible, it will be proven.
“In a digital landscape where ransomware, data corruption, and compliance risks are growing, verified recovery isn’t a luxury, it’s a necessity.”
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