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Microsoft Introduces Data Protection Manager 2010
Microsoft has shipped Data Protection Manager 2010 (DPM 2010), a powerful backup-and-restore platform built specifically for protecting Windows servers and workstations. System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 allows continual,non-disruptive backup of physical and virtual systems to local or off-site disks plus off-line recording to magnetic tape, and enables rapid, easy-to-manage recovery of whole computers or single files. DPM's hard disk backup provides the speed and dependability required to protect your vital business data without disrupting network availability, while DPM's tape compatibility keeps long-term archiving costs affordable and helps ensure adherence to industry or legal retention requirements.
Most small businesses continue to rely on obsolete, tape-centric backup and recovery technology. In case of a major IT failure, this exposes them to significant revenue loss due to prolonged network downtime and, in the worst case, unrecoverable information. Tape-only protection solutions are unreliable because tape media is subject to mechanical wear and requires a tightly controlled physical environment. Microsoft recorded a whopping 17% failure incidence when using mag tape to archive their in-house production servers. Tape is also low performance. Because of this, backup processes call for periodic downtime, recovery points are often separated by days rather than minutes, and the restore procedure is time consuming and hard to manage.
DPM 2010 solves these problems by supporting fast, reliable disk systems for online backup and relegating tape media to long-term archiving. The high performance of disks allows continual non-disruptive backup, reduces restoration point intervals to as little as 15 minutes, and substantially lowers restoration time. For enhanced disk dependability, Data Protection Manager 2010 supports disk clusters and non-stop storage arrays. Innovations with DPM 2010 include operation with Windows 2008 Hyper-V R2 virtualization and CSV, the option to restore single files, database availability group (DAG) support for Exchange 2010, enhanced integration with SharePoint, and protection during a Live Migration process.
How Progent's Microsoft-certified Consultants Can Assist You Integrate DPM 2010
Progent's Microsoft-certified engineers can assist your business to evaluate the expenses and advantages of DPM 2010 and can help you in all facets of Data Protection Manager deployment. Progent can help you:
- Define your recovery targets and establish a backup policy to meet them
- Create an efficient multi-site network topology to support DPM
- Configure Windows 2008, Microsoft SQL Server, Exchange Server, and SharePoint Server to work with DPM 2010
- Set up Protection Groups and Storage Pools
- Calculate and allocate disk storage for backup
- Define tape library circulation and management
- Configure DPM Protection Agents on systems inside and outside your network firewall
- Maximize backup and recovery speed
Other DPM Support Offered by Progent
Progent's Cisco-certified CCIE network engineers can assist your company to create a robust network infrastructure that is economical to deploy and simple to manage and that provides maximum uptime and protection. Progent's CISSP-ISSAP certified security specialists can help you to create and test a business continuity plan that is financially sensible for your situation, ensures security for your sensitive data, and minimizes system downtime in the event a catastrophic IT breakdown.
Contact Progent for Assistance from a Microsoft-Certified DPM 2010 Expert
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