Microsoft has released Data Protection Manager 2010 (DPM 2010), an advanced backup-and-restore solution designed by Microsoft specifically for protecting Windows file and application servers and workstations. Data Protection Manager 2010 allows continual,transparent backup of physical and virtual systems to local or remote hard disks plus off-line recording to tape, and enables rapid, easy-to-manage recovery of whole servers or single files. DPM's disk support delivers the performance and dependability required to preserve your vital business information without disrupting network operations, while Data Protection Manager's tape support makes long-term archiving expenses affordable and helps ensure compliance with industry or regulatory retention requirements.
Many small businesses continue to rely on outdated, tape-centric backup and restore solutions. In case of a major IT failure, this can lead to substantial revenue loss due to extended network unavailability and, possibly, lost records. Tape-based protection solutions are unreliable because the media is sensitive to mechanical wear and requires a carefully controlled warehousing environment. Microsoft recorded a 17% failure rate when using tape to archive their own operational servers. Mag tape is also inherently low performance. Consequently, backups call for scheduled server downtime, recovery snap shots are often separated by days rather than minutes, and the restoration procedure is time consuming and hard to manage.
Data Protection Manager resolves these shortcomings by using high-performance, reliable hard disks for short-term backup and restricting tape media to long-term archiving. The speed of hard disks allows ongoing transparent backup, reduces recovery point intervals to as low as 15 minutes, and substantially lowers recovery time. For enhanced disk system dependability, DPM supports high availability disk clustering and fault-tolerant storage arrays. Innovations with DPM 2010 include operation with Windows 2008 Hyper-V virtual machines and Clustered Shared Volumes, the option to restore single files, database availability group (DAG) support for Exchange Server 2010, improved operation with SharePoint Server, and protection during a Live Migration procedure.
How Progent's Microsoft-certified Engineers Can Help You Deploy DPM 2010
Progent's Microsoft Gold-certified consultants can assist your business to assess the costs and advantages of DPM and can assist you in all phases of Data Protection Manager deployment. Progent can assist you to:
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