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Microsoft has released Data Protection Manager 2010 (DPM 2010), an advanced backup-and-restore solution designed specifically for protecting Windows file and application servers and workstations. Data Protection Manager 2010 allows continual,non-disruptive backup of physical and virtual systems to local or remote disks plus off-line copying to magnetic tape, and permits fast, simple-to-manage restoration of entire computers or single files. DPM's hard disk support provides the performance and dependability you need to protect your vital business data without interrupting network operations, while DPM's mag tape support makes long-term archiving costs affordable and helps ensure compliance with industry or legal data retention requirements.

Most small businesses continue to depend on outdated, tape-based backup and restore technology. In the event of a major system failure, this can lead to significant revenue loss because of prolonged system downtime and, in the worst case, unrecoverable records. Tape-only backup solutions are vulnerable because the media is sensitive to wear and tear and requires a tightly maintained warehousing environment. Microsoft reported a whopping 17% failure rate when utilizing mag tape to back up their own operational servers. Mag tape is also inherently low performance. Consequently, backup processes call for periodic downtime, recovery snap shots are often spaced apart by days rather than minutes, and the restore procedure is long and tricky.

Data Protection Manager 2010 solves these shortcomings by supporting fast, reliable disks for online backup while relegating tape to long-term archiving. The speed of disks allows ongoing transparent backup, shrinks recovery point intervals to as little as 15 minutes, and substantially cuts recovery time. For improved disk dependability, DPM supports disk clusters and fault-tolerant storage arrays. New features of Data Protection Manager 2010 include operation with Windows 2008 Hyper-V virtual machines and CSV, the ability to recover individual files, database availability group (DAG) support for Exchange Server 2010, improved integration with SharePoint Server, and full data protection during a Live Migration procedure.

How Progent's Microsoft Engineers Can Help You Deploy Data Protection Manager 2010
Progent's Microsoft-certified engineers can help you to assess the costs and benefits of DPM and can assist you in all phases of DPM deployment. Progent can help you:

• Determine your recovery goals and create a backup policy to accomplish them
• Design an efficient wide area network architecture to support Data Protection Manager
• Configure Windows Server 2008, Microsoft SQL Server, Exchange Server, and SharePoint Server to run with DPM 2010
• Configure Storage Pools
• Estimate and reserve hard disk space for protection
• Define tape rotation and administration
• Install DPM Protection Agents on computers on both sides of your network firewall
• Optimize backup and restoration performance

Other DPM Support Available from Progent
Progent's Cisco-certified CCIE network experts can assist your company to create a robust network infrastructure that is affordable to deploy and easy to maintain and that offers maximum system uptime and protection. Progent's CISSP-ISSAP security specialists can help your company to create and test a business continuity strategy that is financially sensible for your business, ensures security for your vital data, and reduces system downtime in the event a major IT failure.

Contact Progent for Support from a Microsoft-Certified DPM 2010 Consultant
In order to get in touch with Progent about engineering support for System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 solutions, call 1-800-993-9400 or refer to Contact Progent.