Skip to content

Scale · Managed services

Remote infrastructure management, with restores tested on a schedule.

Remote infrastructure management (RIM) for Indian enterprises whose servers, storage and networks need daily care without a larger in-house team. NetScale monitors the estate remotely, patches and tunes it, and runs backup and disaster recovery. Restores are tested on a schedule agreed in writing, and each test is written up with what came back.

Last updated
A watch wall over servers, storage, network devices and backup jobsA watch wall with a tile each for servers, storage, network devices and backup jobs, all watched. The storage tile raises a capacity alert, a ticket is raised for it, and the tile clears back to watched.Proactive monitoringServersWatchedStorageWatchedNetwork devicesWatchedBackup jobsWatchedCapacity alertTicket raised
Servers, storage, network devices and backup jobs watched for faults and capacity, with alerts worked as tickets.

What it is

Remote Infrastructure Management (RIM)

Remote infrastructure management (RIM) is the day-to-day running of servers, storage and networks by engineers working remotely.

It covers monitoring, patching, capacity and configuration, and backup and disaster recovery. Backups are only a recovery plan once a restore has worked. Restores are tested on a schedule agreed for each system, so what you would get back is known, not assumed.

No client environment depends on a single NetScale engineer: every account is documented and paired.

Data centre capacity and its location sit under Data centre and colocation.

Disaster recovery planning for cloud workloads sits under Cloud security and compliance.

Designing and deploying the hardware sits under Enterprise IT infrastructure.

Maintenance contracts and OEM renewals for the hardware sit under AMC and OEM support renewals.

What it covers

  • Proactive monitoring
  • System optimisation
  • Backup & disaster recovery
  • Restores tested on a schedule

In this line: Managed services

Remote infrastructure management (RIM)

Sound familiar?

Remote infrastructure management (RIM)

What we do.

Proactive monitoring, system optimisation, and backup and disaster recovery.

  1. 01

    Proactive monitoring

    Servers, storage, network devices and backup jobs watched for faults and capacity, with alerts worked as tickets in the support window agreed in writing.

  2. 02

    System optimisation

    Patching, capacity and configuration kept current across servers, storage and network devices, with each change scheduled, tested and recorded.

  3. 03

    Backup and disaster recovery

    Backup copies on site and at a second location, recovery objectives agreed in writing per system, and a disaster recovery plan kept current.

  4. 04

    Restores tested on a schedule

    Restores run on an agreed schedule, the most important systems most often, each written up with what came back and how long it took.

Remote infrastructure management (RIM)

How an engagement runs.

Each phase adds a layer to the same estate.

An IT estate on one platform, as the home film draws it: racks, network, storage, an office and a mast. Assess marks: a restore test; what is patched today. Deliver adds: backup and DR; recovery objectives. Operate adds: restores tested on a schedule; DR plan kept current.
Estate: what you run todaySelect a phase to isolate it

You can stop at any phase boundary. The assessment is free, and each phase is priced in writing before it starts.How we engage

Remote infrastructure management (RIM)

India specifics and cost.

India specifics

  • CERT-In

    The Directions of April 2022 require ICT system logs kept for a rolling 180 days within India, with clocks synchronised to NIC or NPL. Servers and network devices we manage are configured for both.

    Source: CERT-In Directions of 28 April 2022 (external site)

  • DPDP

    From 13 May 2027, Rule 6(1)(d) of the DPDP Rules names data backups as a measure for continued processing if personal data is compromised. Written restore tests show the backups work. Legal interpretation stays with your counsel.

    Source: Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (external site)

  • Data residency

    Backup copies can be kept in India-based capacity, such as Yotta, where a regulator, customer or parent company requires it.

What drives the cost

  1. 01

    Servers, storage and network devices under management, and where they sit.

  2. 02

    Data volume to back up, how fast it grows, and how many copies are kept where.

  3. 03

    Recovery objectives for each system: how much data can be lost, and how long it can be down.

  4. 04

    Support window, response times and restore-test frequency, agreed in writing.

Remote infrastructure management (RIM)

Work we can show you.

The most relevant engagement, with its numbers. Client names and the full write-up are shared in conversation.

Retail · Datacentre, India

Infrastructure service contract

How a global retailer put its datacentre servers under one SLA-backed infrastructure service contract, with first-level on-site escalation support and spares in place before anything fails.

15min
Response, in the contract
2hours
On-site support
6hours
Production servers back in service

The technology we run for this

  • HPServers, storage and end-user devices
  • NetAppStorage and data management
  • CiscoNetworking, switching and wireless
  • Juniper NetworksRouting, switching and data centre fabric
  • BarracudaEmail protection and backup
  • YottaData centre and cloud in India
  • KloudMateObservability for applications, Kubernetes and cloud
ISO/IEC 27001:2022 and ISO/IEC 27701:2025

Our own information security and privacy management systems, run under both standards.

Certifications and technology

What is remote infrastructure management?

Remote infrastructure management (RIM) is running servers, storage and networks from a distance: monitoring them, patching and tuning them, and managing backups and recovery. Engineers work remotely in the support window agreed in writing, and on site where the contract says so. It suits an estate that needs daily care without a larger in-house team.

How often should backups be restore-tested?

It depends on how critical the system is and how often it changes. The schedule is agreed in writing per system, with the most important tested most often. Each test is written up with what came back and how long it took, so you have evidence rather than an assumption.

What is the difference between backup and disaster recovery?

Backup keeps copies of data; disaster recovery is the plan and capacity to run again after a site or system is lost. A backup you cannot restore in time is not a recovery plan. We design both, agree the recovery objectives in writing, and test them on a schedule.

Can you monitor on-premises and cloud together?

Yes. Monitoring can run on KloudMate, which brings infrastructure, network, databases and applications into one view, on premises or in the cloud. Alerts from both reach the same engineers, in the support window agreed in writing. Where monitoring data has to stay in India, KloudMate can run on your own infrastructure.

Can you take over an estate another vendor set up?

Yes. It starts with the estate as it is: what runs, how it is backed up, what is patched and what is written down. Existing equipment stays where it does the job. Gaps are listed in writing, and closing them is priced as a phase of its own before you commit.

Book a restore test.

It costs nothing and commits you to nothing. You get a written list of where your IT environment is exposed, and your team can act on it with or without us.

What we put in writing

  1. The written findings are yours whether we ever work together or not.
  2. Each phase is fixed-scope and signed off separately.
  3. You can stop at any phase boundary.
  4. Runbooks, configurations and credentials are yours.