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Microsoft Ships Data Protection Manager 2010
Microsoft has released System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 (DPM 2010), a comprehensive backup-and-restore solution built by Microsoft specifically for supporting Windows servers and workstations. System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 offers on-going,transparent backup of both physical and virtual computers to onsite or remote disk drives as well as off-line copying to tape, and enables rapid, easy recovery of whole servers or individual files. Data Protection Manager's disk drive backup delivers the performance and reliability required to preserve your critical business data without disrupting network operations, while Data Protection Manager's tape support keeps long-term archiving expenses low and simplifies adherence to industry or regulatory data retention mandates.
Many small companies still depend on obsolete, tape-centric backup and recovery solutions. In case of a serious IT breakdown, this exposes them to significant revenue loss due to extended network unavailability and, possibly, lost information. Tape-based protection procedures are vulnerable because tape media is subject to wear and tear and requires a carefully controlled warehousing environment. Microsoft reported a 17% failure incidence when utilizing tape to back up their own operational servers. Tape is also inherently low performance. Consequently, backups call for periodic server downtime, recovery points are often spaced apart by days instead of minutes, and the restore procedure is time consuming and hard to manage.
DPM solves these shortcomings by using high-performance, dependable disks for online backup while relegating tape media to long-term storage. The high performance of hard disks allows continual transparent backup, shrinks recovery point spacing to as low as 15 minutes, and substantially cuts restoration time. For improved disk system reliability, DPM supports disk clusters and non-stop storage arrays. Innovations with Data Protection Manager 2010 include support for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V R2 virtual machines and CSV, the ability to restore single files, Database Availability Group support for Exchange Server 2010, improved integration with SharePoint, and protection during a Live Migration procedure.
How Progent's Microsoft-certified Engineers Can Assist You Deploy Data Protection Manager 2010
Progent's Microsoft Gold-certified consultants can assist your business to evaluate the expenses and advantages of Data Protection Manager 2010 and can assist you in all facets of Data Protection Manager integration. Progent can assist you to:
- Determine your recovery targets and create a backup strategy to meet them
- Create a cost-effective multi-site network architecture to support Data Protection Manager
- Set up Microsoft Windows 2008, Microsoft SQL Server, Exchange, and SharePoint Server to work with DPM
- Configure Protection Groups and Storage Pools
- Calculate and reserve hard disk storage for protection
- Plan tape rotation and administration
- Install Protection Agents on computers on both sides of your firewall
- Maximize backup and recovery performance
Additional DPM-related Consulting and Support Available from Progent
Progent's Cisco-certified CCIE network engineers can assist you to create a robust network architecture that is affordable to deploy and simple to maintain and that provides maximum system availability and data protection. Progent's CISSP-ISSAP security specialists can assist your company to create and test a disaster recovery strategy that is economically sensible for your business, provides security for your sensitive corporate information, and reduces system downtime in case of a catastrophic IT failure.
Contact Progent for Assistance from a Microsoft-Qualified DPM 2010 Specialist
In order to contact Progent about technical help for DPM 2010 integration, call
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