Microsoft has shipped Data Protection Manager 2010 (DPM 2010), an advanced backup-and-restore solution designed by Microsoft specifically for protecting Windows file and application servers and workstations. Data Protection Manager 2010 offers on-going,transparent backup of physical and virtual systems to local or off-site disks plus off-line backup to tape, and enables fast, easy-to-manage restoration of entire computers or single files. Data Protection Manager's hard disk support provides the speed and dependability you need to protect your critical business information without interrupting network availability, while Data Protection Manager's mag tape compatibility makes long-term archiving expenses affordable and simplifies adherence to industry or legal data retention requirements.
Many small companies continue to rely on outdated, tape-based backup and restore technology. In the event of a major IT breakdown, this exposes them to significant income loss due to prolonged network unavailability and, in the worst case, unrecoverable records. Tape-only protection procedures are unreliable because tape media is subject to wear and tear and requires a tightly maintained warehousing environment. Microsoft recorded a 17% failure incidence when using tape to back up their in-house operational servers. Mag tape is also slow. Because of this, backups require scheduled server downtime, restoration snap shots are often separated by days rather than minutes, and the restoration process is long and hard to manage.
Data Protection Manager solves these shortcomings by supporting high-performance, dependable disks for online backup and restricting tape to long-term archiving. The speed of disks allows ongoing transparent backup, shrinks recovery point intervals to as little as 15 minutes, and dramatically cuts restoration time. For enhanced disk system dependability, DPM 2010 supports high availability disk clusters and fault-tolerant storage arrays. Innovations with DPM 2010 include operation with Windows 2008 Hyper-V R2 virtualization and Clustered Shared Volumes, the ability to recover individual files, Database Availability Group support for Exchange Server 2010, enhanced operation with SharePoint, and full data protection during a Live Migration procedure.
How Progent's Microsoft Engineers Can Assist You Integrate Data Protection Manager 2010
Progent's Microsoft-certified engineers can help your business to evaluate the expenses and advantages of DPM 2010 and can assist you in all phases of Data Protection Manager integration. Progent can assist you to:
Additional DPM-related Consulting and Support Available from Progent
Progent's Cisco-certified CCIE network engineers can assist your company to create a robust network architecture that is economical to install and easy to manage and that provides maximum system availability and protection. Progent's CISSP-ISSAP security specialists can help you to create and validate a business continuity plan that is economically sensible for your situation, provides security for your sensitive corporate information, and minimizes downtime in the event a major network failure.
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