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Microsoft Releases Data Protection Manager 2010
Microsoft has released Data Protection Manager 2010 (DPM 2010), a powerful backup-and-recovery solution designed specifically for supporting Windows file and application servers and workstations. Data Protection Manager 2010 allows continual,transparent backup of physical and virtual computers to local or remote disks plus off-line backup to tape, and permits fast, easy-to-manage recovery of whole servers or single files. DPM's hard disk support delivers the performance and dependability required to preserve your critical business information without interrupting network availability, while Data Protection Manager's tape drive support makes long-term archiving expenses low and helps ensure adherence to contractual or legal retention requirements.
Many small businesses still depend on outdated, tape-centric backup and recovery technology. In the event of a major IT failure, this can lead to substantial income loss due to extended system unavailability and, possibly, lost information. Tape-only backup solutions are vulnerable because tape media is subject to wear and tear and requires a carefully maintained warehousing environment. Microsoft recorded a 17% failure rate when using mag tape to back up their in-house production servers. Mag tape is also inherently low performance. Consequently, backup processes call for periodic downtime, recovery snap shots are often spaced apart by days rather than minutes, and the restoration process is time consuming and tricky.
DPM solves these problems by using fast, dependable hard disks for online backup while relegating tape to long-term archiving. The high performance of disks allows ongoing non-disruptive backup, shrinks restoration point intervals to as low as 15 minutes, and substantially lowers restoration time. For enhanced disk system reliability, DPM supports high availability disk clustering and fault-tolerant storage arrays. Innovations with DPM 2010 include operation with Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V virtualization and CSV, the option to restore single files, Database Availability Group support for Exchange Server 2010, enhanced integration with SharePoint, and full data protection during a Live Migration procedure.
How Progent's Microsoft-certified Consultants Can Assist You Integrate Data Protection Manager 2010
Progent's Microsoft-certified engineers can help you to evaluate the costs and benefits of Data Protection Manager and can help you in all phases of Data Protection Manager deployment. Progent can assist you to:
- Define your protection targets and establish a backup policy to accomplish them
- Create an efficient wide area network architecture to support System Center Data Protection Manager
- Configure Microsoft Windows 2008, Microsoft SQL Server, Exchange Server, and SharePoint Server to work with DPM 2010
- Set up Storage Pools
- Calculate and allocate disk storage for backup
- Define tape library rotation and administration
- Configure Protection Agents on systems on both sides of your network firewall
- Optimize backup and recovery performance
Other DPM Consulting and Support Offered by Progent
Progent's Cisco CCIE network engineers can assist your company to create a resilient network infrastructure that is economical to deploy and simple to manage and that offers maximum uptime and data protection. Progent's CISSP-ISSAP security specialists can help your company to create and validate a business continuity strategy that is financially sensible for your situation, ensures security for your sensitive corporate information, and reduces downtime in the event a catastrophic network failure.
Contact Progent to Get Support from a Microsoft-Certified DPM 2010 Consultant
If you wish to ask Progent about consulting assistance for System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 integration, phone
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