# RPO and RTO: getting to zero downtime and zero data loss

DevFeed: [RPO and RTO: getting to zero downtime and zero data loss](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/rpo-and-rto-getting-to-zero-downtime-and-zero-data-loss-23777.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://cockroachlabs.com/blog/demand-zero-rpo>)

Author: Diana Hsieh,Robert Lee

Published: 2024-01-05T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Cockroach Labs](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/cockroach-labs.md>)

Topics: [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [Transactions](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/transactions.md>), [App](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/app.md>), [backends](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/backends.md>)

Tags: [applications](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/applications.md>), [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [business](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/business.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [distributed](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/distributed.md>), [gartner](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gartner.md>), [outage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/outage.md>), [recovery](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/recovery.md>), [revenue](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/revenue.md>), [transactions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/transactions.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and Recovery Time Objective (RTO), including what zero RPO and zero RTO mean and how they differ. It presents distributed application architecture as a primary method for reducing data loss and application downtime during outages.

## Source excerpt

Companies are increasingly chasing zero-RPO and zero-RTO solutions to ensure that their applications remain online no matter what. And it's easy to see why: according to 2020 research from Gartner the average cost of IT downtime is $5,600 per minute.