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Microsoft has released Data Protection Manager 2010 (DPM 2010), a powerful backup-and-restore solution built by Microsoft specifically for protecting Windows servers and clients. Data Protection Manager 2010 allows continual,non-disruptive backup of physical and virtual computers to onsite or off-site disk drives as well as off-line backup to tape, and enables rapid, simple-to-manage recovery of entire servers or single files. DPM's hard disk backup provides the speed and reliability you need to preserve your vital business data without interrupting network operations, while DPM's tape drive support keeps long-term archiving costs low and helps ensure compliance with contractual or regulatory data retention mandates.

Many small businesses continue to rely on obsolete, tape-centric backup and restore solutions. In case of a major system failure, this exposes them to significant revenue loss because of extended network unavailability and, possibly, unrecoverable records. Tape-only protection solutions are vulnerable because the media is sensitive to mechanical wear and requires a carefully maintained physical environment. Microsoft recorded a whopping 17% failure rate when utilizing mag tape to back up their own production servers. Tape is also inherently low performance. Consequently, backup processes require scheduled downtime, restoration snap shots are often spaced apart by days instead of minutes, and the recovery process is time consuming and tedious.

DPM 2010 solves these problems by using high-performance, reliable disk systems for short-term backup while restricting tape to long-term archiving. The high performance of hard disks allows continual transparent backup, reduces restoration point intervals to as low as 15 minutes, and dramatically lowers restoration time. For enhanced disk system reliability, Data Protection Manager supports disk clusters and fault-tolerant arrays. New features of Data Protection Manager 2010 include operation with Windows 2008 Hyper-V R2 virtual machines and Clustered Shared Volumes, the ability to restore individual files, DAG support for Exchange Server 2010, enhanced integration with SharePoint, and protection during a Live Migration process.

How Progent's Microsoft-certified Consultants Can Help You Deploy System Center Data Protection Manager 2010
Progent's Microsoft-certified engineers can assist your business to evaluate the expenses and advantages of Data Protection Manager 2010 and can help you in all facets of Data Protection Manager deployment. Progent can help you:

• Determine your recovery targets and create a backup/restore strategy to accomplish them
• Design a cost-effective multi-site network topology to accommodate Data Protection Manager
• Configure Windows Server 2008, SQL Server, Exchange Server, and SharePoint Server to work with DPM 2010
• Configure Storage Pools and Custom Volumes
• Estimate and reserve hard disk storage for backup
• Plan tape circulation and administration
• Configure Protection Agents on computers on both sides of your firewall
• Maximize backup and restoration speed

Other DPM-related Consulting and Support Offered by Progent
Progent's Cisco CCIE network engineers can assist you to create a robust network infrastructure that is affordable 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 disaster recovery strategy that is economically sensible for your situation, provides security for your vital corporate information, and reduces system downtime in case of a catastrophic IT failure.

Call or Email Progent for Support from a Microsoft-Certified DPM 2010 Specialist
To ask Progent about engineering help for DPM 2010 integration, phone 1-800-993-9400 or refer to Contact Progent.