Microsoft has shipped System Center Data Protection Manager 2010, a powerful backup-and-restore solution built specifically for protecting Windows servers and clients. Data Protection Manager 2010 allows continual,transparent backup of physical and virtual systems to onsite or remote hard disks as well as off-line backup to magnetic tape, and enables fast, easy-to-manage restoration of whole servers or single files. DPM's disk support provides the performance and reliability you need to protect your vital business information without disrupting network availability, while DPM's tape drive support keeps long-term archiving expenses low and helps ensure adherence to contractual or legal data retention mandates.
Many small companies still depend on outdated, tape-based backup and restore technology. In the event of a major system breakdown, this exposes them to substantial revenue loss due to extended system unavailability and, in the worst case, lost records. Tape-only protection procedures are vulnerable because tape media is sensitive to wear and tear and requires a carefully maintained physical environment. Microsoft reported a whopping 17% failure incidence when using tape to archive their own production servers. Mag tape is also low performance. Consequently, backup processes require periodic downtime, recovery points are commonly separated by days instead of minutes, and the restore procedure is time consuming and tedious.
Data Protection Manager 2010 solves these shortcomings by supporting fast, reliable disk systems for online backup and restricting tape media to long-term storage. The speed of disks allows continual non-disruptive backup, shrinks recovery point spacing to as low as 15 minutes, and dramatically cuts recovery time. For enhanced disk system reliability, DPM 2010 supports disk clustering and non-stop arrays. New features of Data Protection Manager 2010 include operation with Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V virtualization and CSV, the option to restore individual files, Database Availability Group support for Exchange 2010, improved integration with SharePoint, and full data protection during a Live Migration procedure.
How Progent's Microsoft-certified Consultants Can Help You Deploy DPM 2010
Progent's Microsoft-certified engineers can assist you to evaluate the costs and benefits of Data Protection Manager 2010 and can assist you in all phases of DPM integration. Progent can assist you to:
Additional DPM Support Services Available from Progent
Progent's Cisco CCIE network engineers can help you to design a robust network infrastructure that is economical to deploy and easy to manage and that offers maximum uptime and data protection. Progent's CISSP-ISSAP security specialists can assist your company to produce and test a disaster recovery strategy that is economically sensible for your business, ensures security for your vital data, and minimizes system downtime in case of a catastrophic network failure.
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