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Microsoft has published System Center Data Protection Manager 2010, an advanced backup-and-recovery platform built by Microsoft specifically for protecting Windows servers and clients. Data Protection Manager 2010 offers on-going,non-disruptive backup of both physical and virtual systems to onsite or off-site disks plus off-line backup to tape, and permits rapid, easy recovery of whole servers or individual files. DPM's hard disk backup delivers the performance and dependability required to preserve your vital business information without disrupting network operations, while DPM's tape drive support keeps long-term archiving expenses affordable and helps ensure compliance with contractual or legal retention mandates.

Most small companies still depend on outdated, tape-based backup and recovery technology. In case of a serious system failure, this can lead to substantial revenue loss because of extended network unavailability and, in the worst case, unrecoverable information. Tape-based backup solutions are unreliable because the media is subject to mechanical wear and requires a carefully controlled warehousing environment. Microsoft recorded a 17% failure incidence when using tape to archive their own production servers. Mag tape is also slow. Consequently, backup processes call for periodic downtime, restoration points are often spaced apart by days instead of minutes, and the recovery process is time consuming and tricky.

DPM gets around these problems by supporting fast, reliable disk systems for online backup and restricting tape to long-term storage. The high performance of disks allows ongoing transparent backup, shrinks restoration point spacing to as little as 15 minutes, and substantially lowers restoration time. For improved disk dependability, DPM supports high availability disk clusters and fault-tolerant arrays. Innovations with DPM 2010 include support for Windows 2008 Hyper-V virtualization and Clustered Shared Volumes, the ability to restore individual files, database availability group (DAG) support for Exchange Server 2010, improved operation with SharePoint, and full data protection during a Live Migration process.

How Progent's Microsoft Engineers Can Help You Integrate Data Protection Manager 2010
Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants can help you to assess the expenses and benefits of Data Protection Manager 2010 and can assist you in all phases of Data Protection Manager integration. Progent can help you:

• Define your protection targets and create a backup/restore policy to meet them
• Design an efficient multi-site network architecture to accommodate DPM
• Configure Windows 2008, SQL Server, Exchange Server, and SharePoint Server to run with DPM
• Configure Protection Groups and Storage Pools
• Calculate and reserve disk space for backup
• Define tape library circulation and management
• Configure Protection Agents on computers on both sides of your network firewall
• Optimize backup and restoration speed

Other DPM-related Consulting and Support Offered by Progent
Progent's Cisco CCIE network engineers can assist you to design a robust network architecture that is affordable to install and simple to maintain and that offers maximum uptime and data protection. Progent's CISSP-ISSAP security specialists can assist you to produce and validate a disaster recovery plan that is financially realistic for your situation, provides security for your vital data, and minimizes downtime in the event a major IT failure.

Call or Email Progent to Get Support from a Microsoft-Qualified DPM 2010 Expert
If you wish to get in touch with Progent about technical expertise for System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 integration, call 1-800-993-9400 or refer to Contact Progent.