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Microsoft has published System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 (DPM 2010), an advanced backup-and-restore platform built specifically for supporting Windows file and application servers and clients. Data Protection Manager 2010 offers continual,non-disruptive backup of both physical and virtual computers to onsite or off-site hard disks as well as off-line backup to tape, and enables fast, simple-to-manage restoration of entire computers or single files. Data Protection Manager's disk drive backup delivers the performance and reliability you need to protect your critical business information without disrupting network operations, while DPM's mag tape support makes long-term archiving expenses affordable and simplifies adherence to contractual or legal data retention mandates.

Many small businesses continue to depend on outdated, tape-based backup and recovery solutions. In the event of a serious IT failure, this can result in substantial revenue loss because of extended network downtime and, in the worst case, lost information. Tape-based backup solutions are vulnerable because tape media is sensitive to wear and tear and requires a carefully controlled physical environment. Microsoft recorded a 17% failure incidence when utilizing tape to archive their own operational servers. Mag tape is also inherently low performance. Because of this, backups call for periodic server downtime, recovery snap shots are often separated by days rather than minutes, and the restore procedure is long and hard to manage.

DPM solves these shortcomings by supporting fast, dependable disks for short-term backup while restricting tape media to long-term storage. The speed of hard disks allows ongoing transparent backup, reduces restoration point intervals to as low as 15 minutes, and dramatically cuts recovery time. For improved disk dependability, Data Protection Manager supports disk clustering and non-stop storage arrays. New features of DPM 2010 include operation with Windows 2008 Hyper-V R2 virtualization and Clustered Shared Volumes, the option to recover individual files, Database Availability Group support for Exchange Server 2010, enhanced integration with SharePoint Server, and full data protection during a Live Migration process.

How Progent's Microsoft Consultants Can Help You Integrate DPM 2010
Progent's Microsoft-certified engineers can assist you to assess the expenses and advantages of DPM and can help you in all facets of Data Protection Manager deployment. Progent can help you:

• Define your recovery goals and establish a backup policy to meet them
• Design an efficient wide area network topology to support System Center Data Protection Manager
• Configure Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft SQL Server, Exchange, and SharePoint Server to run with DPM 2010
• Configure Protection Groups
• Calculate and allocate disk storage for backup
• Plan tape rotation and management
• Configure DPM Protection Agents on systems inside and outside your network firewall
• Optimize backup and recovery performance

Other DPM-related Consulting and Support Offered by Progent
Progent's Cisco-certified CCIE network engineers can assist your company to create a resilient network infrastructure that is affordable to deploy and easy to manage and that offers maximum availability and protection. Progent's CISSP-ISSAP security experts can assist your company to produce and test a business continuity plan that is economically sensible for your situation, provides security for your sensitive data, and reduces downtime in the event a major network failure.

Call or Email Progent to Get Assistance from a Microsoft-Certified DPM 2010 Consultant
In order to contact Progent about engineering expertise for System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 solutions, phone 1-800-993-9400 or go to Contact Progent.