Provider Profile
Recovery Point Systems for IBM Power: Independent Profile
Recovery Point is a resiliency specialist rather than a general hosting provider, built around getting IBM Power workloads back up after an outage. Here's what the company publishes, and what to confirm yourself.
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What is Recovery Point Systems?
Recovery Point Systems provides disaster-recovery-as-a-service and managed resiliency for IBM Power, covering IBM i and AIX. Rather than a proprietary appliance, it works with mainstream storage replication — IBM Global Mirror, Dell EMC SRDF, and Pure asynchronous replication — plus replicated virtual tape library options. Its Managed Resiliency for Power Systems offering adds automation and orchestration for recovering critical logical partitions (LPARs). It is not positioned as a day-to-day hosting provider, so pair it with a hosting decision rather than treating it as one.
At a Glance
Recovery Point Systems Specifications
Everything below is drawn from what Recovery Point Systems publishes. Items marked vendor-stated are the provider's claims, not independently verified figures — treat them as questions to raise, not as confirmed specifications.
- IBM i
- AIX
| Provider type | Disaster recovery and managed resiliency specialist |
|---|---|
| Replication technologies (vendor-stated) | IBM Global Mirror, Dell EMC SRDF, and Pure asynchronous replication |
| Storage platforms (vendor-stated) | IBM FlashSystem, Dell EMC PowerMax, and Pure FlashArray — Pure is listed for AIX only |
| Virtual tape options (vendor-stated) | Replicated virtual tape library solutions including Cybernetics and Dell EMC Data Domain |
| Recovery approach (vendor-stated) | Consistency groups captured at regular intervals for clean application recovery, with automation and orchestration for critical LPARs |
| Additional services (vendor-stated) | Colocation space and power, and replication over extended distances between sites |
| Published RPO/RTO | None stated — recovery objectives must be negotiated and written into the contract |
| Compliance certifications | Not stated on the IBM Power DR page — request current attestations directly |
Vendor pages last checked July 2026. Providers change offerings without notice — confirm current details directly.
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What Recovery Point Does Well
Points that genuinely differentiate this provider, based on what it publishes and how it is positioned in the IBM Power market.
Standard replication, not a proprietary lock-in
Using IBM Global Mirror, SRDF, and Pure replication means the recovery design rests on technology your storage team likely already understands and could move elsewhere.
Resiliency is the whole business
DR is not an attachment sold alongside hosting. The engineering conversation tends to start at recovery objectives rather than at rack space.
Orchestrated LPAR recovery
Managed Resiliency for Power Systems adds automation to LPAR recovery, which is where manual DR runbooks typically fail under real pressure.
Works alongside your existing host
Because it is not trying to win the hosting contract, it can sit behind on-premises Power hardware or another provider's platform.
Fit Check
Is Recovery Point a Good Fit?
Best fit
Good fit signals
IBM i and AIX shops whose primary gap is recovery rather than hosting, particularly those keeping production on-premises or with another provider but needing a credible, tested DR target.
Use caution
Proceed with caution if
No recovery point objective (RPO) or recovery time objective (RTO) figures are published, and no compliance attestations appear on the IBM Power DR page. Neither is unusual for a DR specialist, but both must be pinned down contractually rather than assumed.
Key decision
Decision point
Decide first whether you want DR bundled with hosting or bought separately. Bundling is simpler to manage; buying separately means your recovery provider has no incentive to defend a hosting platform that caused the outage.
Due Diligence
What to Verify Before You Sign
Take these to the provider in writing. Anything that only exists in a slide deck is not a commitment.
Written RPO and RTO
Get specific numbers for your workloads in the contract, with the measurement method defined and penalties attached if they are missed.
Test frequency and evidence
Agree how often a full failover test happens, who runs it, whether production is affected, and what written evidence you receive afterward.
Compliance attestations
Nothing is published on the IBM Power DR page. If you are in a regulated industry, request SOC 2 or equivalent reports covering the recovery environment specifically.
Site locations and distance
No facility list is published for this offering. Confirm where your recovery environment sits and that the distance meets any regulatory separation requirement.
Declaration terms
Clarify who can declare a disaster, how long capacity is held for you, what it costs during an extended event, and what happens if multiple customers declare at once.
Recovery Point Systems FAQ
Is Recovery Point a hosting provider or a DR provider?
Primarily a resiliency and disaster recovery provider, though it also offers colocation space and power. If you need day-to-day managed IBM i or AIX operations, pair it with a hosting provider rather than expecting one contract to cover both.
Can Recovery Point protect Power hardware I still own?
That is the typical use case. Because the design uses standard storage replication rather than a proprietary agent, production can remain on your own hardware or at another provider while recovery runs at Recovery Point.
What recovery time should I expect?
No published figures exist. Recovery time depends on your data volume, replication distance, storage platform, and how much of the LPAR recovery is orchestrated in advance. Insist on modeled figures for your environment and get them written into the contract.
Does it support Linux on Power?
The IBM Power DR page names AIX and IBM i only. Confirm Linux on Power directly if that is part of your estate.
Sources
- Recovery Point — DRaaS for IBM Power
- Recovery objectives, test evidence, and audit reports — request directly from Recovery Point
Independent Advisory Notice
Power Systems Advisor is an independent advisory resource and is not IBM. IBM, IBM Power, IBM i, AIX, PowerVM, Power Virtual Server, and other marks belong to their respective owners. Product availability, compatibility, pricing, and support should be verified with IBM or the relevant provider. Recommendations depend on the customer's specific environment.
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