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Microsoft has released System Center Data Protection Manager 2010, an advanced backup-and-recovery platform designed specifically for supporting Windows servers and clients. Data Protection Manager 2010 allows continual,non-disruptive backup of physical and virtual systems to local or remote hard disks plus off-line recording to tape, and enables fast, easy recovery of whole computers or single files. Data Protection Manager's disk support delivers the performance and dependability you need to preserve your critical business data without disrupting network operations, while DPM's tape support keeps long-term archiving expenses affordable and helps ensure adherence to contractual or legal retention requirements.

Most small businesses still depend on outdated, tape-based backup and recovery technology. In case of a serious IT breakdown, this exposes them to substantial revenue loss due to extended system unavailability and, in the worst case, lost information. Tape-based backup procedures are unreliable because tape media is subject to mechanical wear and requires a carefully controlled physical environment. Microsoft reported a whopping 17% failure rate when using mag tape to archive their own operational servers. Tape is also inherently low performance. Because of this, backup processes call for periodic server downtime, restoration snap shots are commonly spaced apart by days rather than minutes, and the recovery process is long and tedious.

Data Protection Manager 2010 solves these problems by supporting fast, dependable disk systems for short-term backup and restricting tape to long-term storage. The high performance of hard disks permits continual non-disruptive backup, shrinks restoration point intervals to as low as 15 minutes, and dramatically cuts recovery time. For improved disk dependability, DPM supports disk clusters and fault-tolerant arrays. New features of Data Protection Manager 2010 include support for Windows 2008 Hyper-V R2 virtualization and Clustered Shared Volumes, the option to recover individual files, Database Availability Group support for Exchange 2010, improved operation with SharePoint Server, and full data protection during a Live Migration process.

How Progent's Microsoft-certified Engineers Can Assist You Deploy System Center Data Protection Manager 2010
Progent's Microsoft-certified engineers can assist your business to assess the costs and advantages of DPM and can help you in all facets of Data Protection Manager integration. Progent can assist you to:

• Determine your protection targets and create a backup strategy to meet them
• Design a cost-effective wide area network architecture to accommodate DPM
• Configure Windows Server 2008, Microsoft SQL Server, Exchange Server, and SharePoint Server to work with DPM 2010
• Configure Storage Pools
• Estimate and reserve disk space for backup
• Define tape rotation and management
• Configure DPM Protection Agents on systems on both sides of your firewall
• Optimize backup and restoration speed

Other DPM Consulting and Support Offered by Progent
Progent's Cisco CCIE network experts can assist you to create a resilient network infrastructure that is affordable to install and easy to maintain and that offers maximum uptime and data protection. Progent's CISSP-ISSAP certified security specialists can help you to produce and validate a business continuity strategy that is financially realistic for your situation, provides security for your vital corporate information, and minimizes downtime in the event a catastrophic IT failure.

Call or Email Progent to Get Assistance from a Microsoft-Certified DPM 2010 Consultant
If you wish to contact Progent about engineering help for DPM 2010 solutions, phone 1-800-993-9400 or see Contact Progent.