Microsoft has shipped System Center Data Protection Manager 2010, an advanced backup-and-recovery solution built by Microsoft specifically for protecting Windows servers and workstations. System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 offers on-going,transparent backup of both physical and virtual computers to onsite or off-site hard disks as well as off-line backup to magnetic tape, and permits fast, simple-to-manage recovery of whole computers or individual files. DPM's disk backup provides the performance and dependability you need to preserve your critical business data without disrupting network operations, while Data Protection Manager's tape compatibility makes long-term archiving costs low and simplifies adherence to industry or regulatory data retention mandates.
Many small companies still rely on obsolete, tape-based backup and restore technology. In the event of a serious system failure, this can lead to significant income loss because of extended system downtime and, in the worst case, unrecoverable information. Tape-based protection solutions are unreliable because tape media is subject to mechanical wear and requires a tightly maintained warehousing environment. Microsoft reported a whopping 17% failure incidence when utilizing mag tape to back up their in-house production servers. Mag tape is also slow. Consequently, backups call for scheduled server downtime, restoration snap shots are often spaced apart by days rather than minutes, and the recovery process is long and tedious.
Data Protection Manager resolves these shortcomings by supporting fast, reliable disks for online backup and restricting tape to long-term storage. The high performance of hard disks allows ongoing transparent backup, shrinks restoration point spacing to as little as 15 minutes, and substantially cuts restoration time. For improved disk reliability, DPM supports disk clusters and fault-tolerant storage arrays. Innovations with DPM 2010 include operation with Windows 2008 Hyper-V virtual machines and Clustered Shared Volumes, the ability to recover individual files, DAG support for Exchange 2010, improved integration with SharePoint Server, and protection during a Live Migration procedure.
How Progent's Microsoft-certified Engineers Can Assist You Deploy Data Protection Manager 2010
Progent's Microsoft-certified engineers can assist your business to assess the expenses and benefits of Data Protection Manager and can assist you in all phases of DPM integration. Progent can help you:
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