Zero-Compute, Cyber-Resilient Disaster Recovery
Near-zero RPO/RTO recovery, without paying to keep standby compute running 24/7. F9 Infotech builds this DR tier on Nutanix Multicloud Snapshot Technology (MST) — an isolated, hibernated recovery environment on AWS that ransomware and regional outages can't reach, and that only spins up when you actually need it.
Warm standby DR solves availability. It doesn't solve ransomware.
Most DR tiers assume the failure is a hardware fault or a regional outage — and keep a live, connected copy of production running to fail over to. But a live, connected DR copy is also reachable by the same ransomware or credential compromise that took down production in the first place. And running that copy 24/7, fully provisioned, costs nearly as much as production itself.
F9 Infotech's Zero-Compute DR tier, built on Nutanix Multicloud Snapshot Technology, closes both gaps: the recovery data is kept isolated and hibernated — not live and reachable — and compute is activated on AWS only at the moment of failover, not every day it isn't needed.
Snapshot, isolate, hibernate — then activate only on failover
Nutanix MST replicates snapshot data to an isolated recovery tier on AWS. No standby compute runs until a failover is actually triggered.
Live Environment
NC2 on AWS, AWS-native, or on-prem Nutanix — continuously snapshotted, not continuously replicated to live standby.
Snapshot Replication
Multicloud Snapshot Technology ships point-in-time snapshots to AWS on a policy-driven schedule.
Isolated on AWS
Recovery data sits inactive on AWS storage — no running compute, no live network path from production, nothing for ransomware to reach.
What the Zero-Compute tier actually gives you
Air-gapped-style separation
Recovery snapshots sit outside the live network path of production — a compromised primary environment has no direct route to them.
Policy-driven snapshot replication
Multicloud Snapshot Technology handles scheduling, retention, and replication of point-in-time recovery data to AWS automatically.
Compute activated only on failover
NC2 on AWS clusters are brought online from hibernation only when a failover is triggered — not kept running and billed every day.
Near-zero RPO/RTO
Because snapshot cadence and activation are automated and pre-tested, recovery point and recovery time objectives approach near-zero for critical workloads.
Pay for storage, not standby compute
The largest DR cost line — always-on standby infrastructure — is removed. You pay for snapshot storage, and compute only when it's actually used.
Same Nutanix stack, no new tooling
If you already run Nutanix or NC2 on AWS, MST uses the platform and operational tooling your team already knows — no separate DR product to learn.
Zero-Compute DR vs. traditional warm standby
Both can hit strong recovery targets. Only one is isolated from the same attack that could take down production — and only one avoids paying for idle compute every day.
| Dimension | Traditional Warm Standby | Zero-Compute DR (Nutanix MST) |
|---|---|---|
| Standby compute cost | Running and billed continuously, whether used or not | None — compute activates only on failover |
| Exposure to ransomware | Live, network-connected copy is a reachable target | Isolated, hibernated — not live or network-reachable |
| Recovery time (RTO) | Minutes, once standby is scaled up | Near-zero for tested, critical workloads |
| Recovery point (RPO) | Seconds to minutes, depending on replication | Near-zero, per MST snapshot policy |
| Operational tooling | Depends on target platform — may require new tooling | Native Nutanix tooling, if already in use |
From current DR posture to a tested Zero-Compute tier
Assess & classify
Identify which workloads justify a Zero-Compute tier based on criticality, ransomware exposure, and current RTO/RPO gaps.
Design the MST policy
Define snapshot cadence, retention, and isolation boundaries for the recovery tier on AWS.
Implement & hibernate
Stand up the isolated AWS recovery environment and configure NC2 hibernation, activated only on failover.
Test the failover
Run an actual activation drill and document real recovery time — not a theoretical one.
Deliverables from every engagement
- Ransomware exposure & RTO/RPO assessment — which workloads justify Zero-Compute isolation, and what they need.
- Nutanix MST replication design — snapshot cadence, retention, and isolation boundaries mapped to each workload.
- Hibernated AWS recovery environment — NC2 on AWS, configured to activate compute only on failover.
- Tested failover runbook — a real activation drill, with documented, not theoretical, recovery times.
- Cost comparison — standby-compute savings versus your current or proposed warm-standby DR spend.
Certified on both sides of the stack this depends on
Nutanix and AWS, together
MST-based DR spans two platforms — F9 Infotech holds Nutanix Solutions Partner and AWS Consulting Partner status, so one team owns the whole design, not a handoff between vendors.
Built for a live production environment
This isn't just a reference architecture — it's the same Zero-Compute approach delivered for an enterprise client running mission-critical operations on NC2 on AWS.
DR tested, not just designed
Every engagement ends with an actual failover drill and documented recovery numbers — not a diagram that's never been switched on.
One team, start to finish
The same architects who design your NC2 landing zone and migration also build and test the DR tier — no separate vendor to coordinate or blame when something needs to change.
Resilience that held up in practice
What would ransomware actually cost you to recover from?
Get a Zero-Compute DR assessment from F9 Infotech and see the real cost and recovery-time comparison for your environment.