Disaster Recovery Solution for Kubernetes and SUSE Virtualization

This document is a technical report detailing the partnership between CloudCasa and SUSE to provide a disaster recovery (DR) solution specifically designed for Kubernetes and SUSE Virtualization environments. The report outlines how the solution integrates CloudCasa’s Kubernetes-native backup and recovery platform with SUSE’s Longhorn storage engine. It describes the benefits of this combined approach, including reduced costs, simplified operations, and improved recovery times. The document explains the separation of application-level recovery from persistent volume replication, which allows organizations to achieve enterprise-grade protection with defined recovery time objectives (RTOs) and recovery point objectives (RPOs). Additionally, it addresses common challenges faced by organizations, such as high costs, operational inefficiencies, and vendor lock-in risks, while presenting key benefits such as rapid recovery and scalable deployment options. The report concludes with a description of how the solution works in practice, ensuring a flexible and efficient disaster recovery strategy.