Keep Production Running. Recover in 10 Minutes.
Datamotive Easy Hybrid DR delivers a contractual 10-minute RTO for ERP, LIMS, and batch management systems — without touching a single running production server, and with over 60% lower costs than maintaining a physical DR site.
Trusted by pharmaceutical manufacturers and life sciences companies across India
RTO
10 min
Contractual SLA, not best-effort
TCO Reduction
>60%
Verified, Indian life sciences company
DR Tools Replaced
3 → 1
Legacy tools consolidated
Production Impact
Zero
Deploy and test without touching live systems
Where Pharma DR Plans Break Down
Legacy DR tools were not built for environments where production cannot stop. The gaps appear when it is already too late.
A Batch Lost to Downtime Cannot Be Recovered
When ERP, LIMS, or batch management systems go down mid-production, the consequences go beyond the IT team. Running batches are at risk, shipment timelines slip, and the cost of every hour without systems compounds quickly. Legacy DR tools take 4–8 hours to recover — by which point the damage is already done.
Three DR Tools, Three Times the Cost and Complexity
One tool for on-premises replication. A second for cloud DR. A third for backup. Each runs independently, each carries its own licensing and maintenance cost, and each needs a separate team to manage. When something goes wrong, recovery depends on three tools working together — which they were never designed to do.
You're Paying for a DR Site That's Never Been Fully Tested
Most pharma organisations maintain a physical DR site consuming 15–20% of the IT infrastructure budget year-round. The hardware exists. But a full end-to-end recovery test against live production workloads has rarely been run — because legacy tools make testing too complex and too risky to schedule regularly.
A Batch Lost to Downtime Cannot Be Recovered
When ERP, LIMS, or batch management systems go down mid-production, the consequences go beyond the IT team. Running batches are at risk, shipment timelines slip, and the cost of every hour without systems compounds quickly. Legacy DR tools take 4–8 hours to recover — by which point the damage is already done.
Three DR Tools, Three Times the Cost and Complexity
One tool for on-premises replication. A second for cloud DR. A third for backup. Each runs independently, each carries its own licensing and maintenance cost, and each needs a separate team to manage. When something goes wrong, recovery depends on three tools working together — which they were never designed to do.
You're Paying for a DR Site That's Never Been Fully Tested
Most pharma organisations maintain a physical DR site consuming 15–20% of the IT infrastructure budget year-round. The hardware exists. But a full end-to-end recovery test against live production workloads has rarely been run — because legacy tools make testing too complex and too risky to schedule regularly.
How Datamotive Solves Pharma DR
Easy Hybrid DR is built for production environments that cannot afford disruption — deploy without stopping anything, test without risking anything, and recover everything in 10 minutes.
Deploy DR Without Touching a Single Running System
Datamotive deploys two lightweight virtual appliances — one at your production site, one at your DR target. No software is installed on any production server. No running system is touched during deployment or during DR tests. Replication starts in the background immediately, with zero impact on live operations. For environments where production continuity is non-negotiable, this is how DR should work.
One Platform Replaces Three — 60%+ Lower Costs
A verified Indian life sciences company was running three separate legacy DR tools across the same workload estate. Datamotive replaced all three in a single deployment. One platform, one contract, one team to manage it. TCO dropped by more than 60% from day one.
Eliminate Your Physical DR Site
Datamotive uses AWS or Azure as your DR target — pay-per-use cloud infrastructure that replaces always-on idle hardware. The physical DR site and everything that comes with it — power, space, hardware refresh cycles, and the staff to maintain it — is eliminated. A verified Indian life sciences company with 81 production workloads made this switch and cut DR costs by over 60%.
Test Your Recovery Plan Any Time, Without Risk
Datamotive runs DR tests inside an isolated, air-gapped network that is completely separate from production. No live system is affected. No production run is interrupted. Your team sees exactly what recovery looks like — systems coming up in the right order, with the right data — before it ever needs to happen in an emergency. Run it quarterly, monthly, or ahead of any scheduled audit.
Before and After
How DR operations change when you switch to Datamotive.
DR test
Complex, rarely run, carries production risk
Air-gapped, non-disruptive — run any time, zero risk
Physical DR site
15–20% of IT budget, idle hardware all year
Eliminated — cloud DR on demand, pay-per-use
Number of DR tools
3 or more, separate consoles and contracts
One platform, one control plane, one contract
Failing back to primary
Full data resync, hours of effort, high egress cost
10-minute failback, up to 70% lower egress cost
Where your data goes during DR
Vendor-managed infrastructure, limited visibility
Your own AWS or Azure account — your access controls
| Requirement | Before Datamotive | Datamotive | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR test | Complex, rarely run, carries production risk | Air-gapped, non-disruptive — run any time, zero risk | Improved |
| Physical DR site | 15–20% of IT budget, idle hardware all year | Eliminated — cloud DR on demand, pay-per-use | Improved |
| Number of DR tools | 3 or more, separate consoles and contracts | One platform, one control plane, one contract | Improved |
| Failing back to primary | Full data resync, hours of effort, high egress cost | 10-minute failback, up to 70% lower egress cost | Improved |
| Where your data goes during DR | Vendor-managed infrastructure, limited visibility | Your own AWS or Azure account — your access controls | Improved |
Pharma & Life Sciences DR — Frequently Asked Questions
Replace Your Physical DR Site. Recover in 10 Minutes.
Book a 1-hour pharma-specific demo. You'll see: