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Microsoft has released System Center Data Protection Manager 2010, a comprehensive backup-and-recovery solution built by Microsoft specifically for protecting Windows file and application servers and clients. Data Protection Manager 2010 allows on-going,transparent backup of physical and virtual systems to onsite or remote hard disks as well as off-line copying to tape, and permits rapid, easy-to-manage recovery of entire servers or individual files. Data Protection Manager's hard disk support delivers the speed and dependability you need to preserve your critical business data without interrupting network operations, while DPM's mag tape support keeps long-term archiving costs affordable and simplifies compliance with industry or legal retention requirements.

Most small businesses still rely on obsolete, tape-based backup and recovery solutions. In case of a major IT failure, this exposes them to substantial revenue loss because of prolonged network unavailability and, in the worst case, lost information. Tape-only protection procedures are unreliable because the media is subject to mechanical wear and requires a carefully maintained warehousing environment. Microsoft reported a 17% failure incidence when utilizing mag tape to back up their in-house production servers. Mag tape is also slow. Consequently, backup processes call for scheduled server downtime, restoration points are commonly separated by days rather than minutes, and the recovery process is long and tricky.

DPM 2010 solves these problems by using fast, dependable disk systems for short-term backup and relegating tape media to long-term archiving. The speed of disks permits continual non-disruptive backup, shrinks recovery point spacing to as little as 15 minutes, and dramatically lowers restoration time. For improved disk dependability, Data Protection Manager supports disk clusters and fault-tolerant storage arrays. Innovations with DPM 2010 include operation with Windows 2008 Hyper-V virtualization and Clustered Shared Volumes, the option to recover single files, Database Availability Group support for Exchange Server 2010, improved operation with SharePoint Server, and protection during a Live Migration procedure.

How Progent's Microsoft-certified Engineers Can Assist You Integrate Data Protection Manager 2010
Progent's Microsoft-certified engineers can assist your business to assess the costs and advantages of DPM 2010 and can help you in all phases of Data Protection Manager integration. Progent can help you:

• Determine your recovery goals and establish a backup policy to meet them
• Design an efficient wide area network architecture to support Data Protection Manager
• Configure Windows 2008, Microsoft SQL Server, Exchange Server, and SharePoint Server to run with DPM 2010
• Set up Storage Pools and Custom Volumes
• Estimate and reserve disk space for protection
• Plan tape rotation and administration
• Configure Protection Agents on systems inside and outside your firewall
• Optimize backup and restoration performance

Other DPM-related Consulting and Support Available from Progent
Progent's Cisco-certified CCIE network engineers can help you to design a robust network infrastructure that is economical to deploy and simple to maintain and that provides maximum system availability and protection. Progent's CISSP-ISSAP certified security experts can assist your company to create and test a disaster recovery strategy that is economically sensible for your situation, ensures security for your sensitive corporate information, and reduces downtime in case of a catastrophic network failure.

Call or Email Progent to Get Assistance from a Microsoft-Qualified DPM 2010 Expert
In order to get in touch with Progent about consulting assistance for DPM 2010 solutions, phone 1-800-993-9400 or go to Contact Progent.