MT5 disaster recovery: design for recovery before an outage.
Backups are only one part of disaster recovery. Brokers need defined recovery objectives, protected data, tested procedures, alternate infrastructure, access controls and clear operational ownership.
Define recovery objectives
Set realistic recovery-time and recovery-point objectives for critical platform, database, connectivity and configuration layers.
Protect more than data
Configuration, credentials, certificates, network rules, bridge settings, symbol mappings and runbooks can be as important as database backups.
Test the plan
Recovery procedures should be rehearsed. A backup that has never been restored is an assumption, not a verified recovery capability.