IT Technology News and Progent Business Solutions

Microsoft has released System Center Data Protection Manager 2010, an advanced backup-and-restore solution built by Microsoft specifically for supporting Windows servers and workstations. Data Protection Manager 2010 allows continual,non-disruptive backup of physical and virtual computers to local or remote disks as well as off-line backup to tape, and enables rapid, easy-to-manage recovery of entire computers or single files. DPM's hard disk backup provides the speed and dependability you need to protect your vital business information without disrupting network operations, while Data Protection Manager's tape support keeps long-term archiving expenses affordable and simplifies adherence to industry or legal retention requirements.

Most small companies continue to depend on outdated, tape-based backup and recovery solutions. In the event of a major IT breakdown, this can lead to significant revenue loss because of prolonged network unavailability and, possibly, unrecoverable information. Tape-based backup procedures are vulnerable because the media is subject to wear and tear and requires a carefully maintained physical environment. Microsoft reported a whopping 17% failure incidence when utilizing mag tape to archive their own operational servers. Mag tape is also slow. Because of this, backups require scheduled server downtime, recovery snap shots are often separated by days rather than minutes, and the restoration process is time consuming and hard to manage.

Data Protection Manager resolves these problems by using high-performance, dependable hard disks for short-term backup while restricting tape to long-term storage. The high performance of disks permits ongoing transparent backup, shrinks recovery point spacing to as little as 15 minutes, and substantially cuts recovery time. For enhanced disk system reliability, DPM 2010 supports disk clusters and non-stop storage arrays. New features of Data Protection Manager 2010 include support for Windows Server 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 procedure.

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

• Determine your protection goals and establish a backup/restore policy to accomplish them
• Create a cost-effective wide area network architecture to accommodate DPM
• Set up Windows 2008, Microsoft SQL Server, Exchange, and SharePoint to run with DPM
• Set up Storage Pools and Custom Volumes
• Calculate and reserve disk space for backup
• Plan tape library rotation and management
• Configure DPM Protection Agents on computers inside and outside your firewall
• Maximize backup and restoration speed

Other DPM-related Consulting and Support Services Available from Progent
Progent's Cisco CCIE network experts can assist your company to create a robust network infrastructure that is economical to deploy and easy to manage and that offers maximum system availability and protection. Progent's CISSP-ISSAP security specialists can help your company to produce and test a business continuity strategy that is economically realistic for your situation, provides security for your vital data, and reduces downtime in the event a catastrophic IT breakdown.

Contact Progent to Get Assistance from a Microsoft-Certified DPM 2010 Specialist
To ask Progent about technical expertise for System Center DPM 2010 solutions, phone 1-800-993-9400 or see Contact Progent.