RTO / RPO Risk Calculator
Adjust the sliders to model your client's real downtime exposure, financial risk, and recovery gaps. Built for vCIO conversations.
Client Info
Industry RTO target
8.0h
Industry RPO target
24.0h
Staff & Revenue
All staff affected by downtime
Per employee, fully-loaded base
Benefits, rent, etc. ~50% typical
Lost during outage at this vertical's rate
Hourly labor cost at risk
$992/hr
Data & Network
Affects cloud recovery transfer time
Upload speed used for cloud restore transfer estimate
Cloud transfer time estimate
11.4h
Current Recovery Setup
Bare-metal or manual image restore
Time to detect, notify MSP, and start recovery
Current RTO
5.0h
local recovery
Current RPO
24.0h
data exposure window
Business Impact Thresholds
How long can your team function without IT before serious problems begin?
After how many hours does downtime cause SLA breaches or lost deals?
After how many days would business recovery become unlikely?
Worst-case hourly cost
$1,848
Survival gap
+1.0h
Revenue risk
OK
Days to PONR
2.8d
Recovery posture needs attention. Review the gaps below with your client.
Recommended next steps
- Manual ops limit breached in 4.0h. Priority: reduce initiation time or upgrade recovery method.
Local RTO
5.0h
time to full recovery
Industry RTO
8.0h
General business standard
Current RPO
24.0h
max data loss window
Industry RPO
24.0h
compliance target
vs Industry RTO standard
Your RTO 5.0h vs General business standard 8.0h
Survival gap
RTO 5.0h vs manual ops limit 4.0h
Revenue-risk gap
RTO 5.0h vs revenue threshold 8.0h
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