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Microsoft has published Data Protection Manager 2010 (DPM 2010), a powerful backup-and-recovery solution designed specifically for supporting Windows file and application servers and workstations. System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 offers on-going,transparent backup of both physical and virtual systems to local or off-site disk drives as well as off-line backup to tape, and permits rapid, easy restoration of whole servers or individual files. Data Protection Manager's hard disk support provides the speed and dependability required to protect your critical business data without disrupting network operations, while Data Protection Manager's mag tape support keeps long-term archiving costs low and simplifies compliance with industry or legal retention mandates.

Most small businesses still depend on obsolete, tape-based backup and restore solutions. In case of a serious system failure, this can result in substantial income loss due to extended system unavailability and, in the worst case, lost data. Tape-only protection procedures are vulnerable because tape media is sensitive to mechanical wear and requires a tightly controlled warehousing environment. Microsoft reported a whopping 17% failure incidence when using tape to back up their own production servers. Mag tape is also inherently low performance. Because of this, backup processes require scheduled downtime, recovery points are commonly separated by days instead of minutes, and the recovery procedure is time consuming and tedious.

DPM solves these shortcomings by supporting high-performance, dependable disk systems for online backup while relegating tape media to long-term storage. The speed of hard disks permits continual transparent backup, reduces restoration point intervals to as low as 15 minutes, and dramatically lowers recovery time. For enhanced disk system dependability, Data Protection Manager 2010 supports disk clusters and non-stop storage arrays. Innovations with Data Protection Manager 2010 include support for Windows 2008 Hyper-V R2 virtual machines and CSV, the option to restore single files, DAG support for Exchange 2010, improved operation with SharePoint, and full data protection during a Live Migration procedure.

How Progent's Microsoft-certified Engineers Can Help You Deploy Data Protection Manager 2010
Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants can assist your business to assess the costs and advantages of DPM and can assist you in all facets of DPM integration. Progent can assist you to:

• Determine your recovery targets and establish a backup/restore strategy to accomplish them
• Create a cost-effective wide area network architecture to support System Center Data Protection Manager
• Set up Windows 2008, SQL Server, Exchange Server, and SharePoint Server to run with DPM
• Set up Storage Pools
• Calculate and allocate disk storage for protection
• Plan tape circulation and management
• Install DPM Protection Agents on systems inside and outside your network firewall
• Maximize backup and restoration performance

Additional DPM-related Consulting and Support Services Available from Progent
Progent's Cisco CCIE network engineers can help your company to create a resilient network infrastructure that is economical to install and simple to manage and that offers maximum system availability and protection. Progent's CISSP-ISSAP security specialists can assist you to produce and validate a disaster recovery plan that is economically sensible for your situation, provides security for your vital corporate information, and minimizes system downtime in case of a catastrophic network breakdown.

Call or Email Progent to Get Assistance from a Microsoft-Certified DPM 2010 Expert
To contact Progent about engineering assistance for System Center DPM 2010 integration, phone 1-800-993-9400 or visit Contact Progent.